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Berean Standard Bible

“For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.”

1 Timothy 4:8

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In 1 Timothy 4 Paul warns against false teachers who forbade marriage and demanded abstinence from certain foods, treating harsh self-denial as the path to holiness. He tells Timothy to train himself instead in godliness, borrowing the language of the gymnasium familiar in Greek cities.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

World English Bible (WEB)

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

King James Version (KJV)

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

American Standard Version (ASV)

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque el ejercicio corporal para poco es provechoso; mas la piedad para todo aprovecha, pues tiene promesa de esta vida presente, y de la venidera.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Está bien que te ejercites físicamente, pero es mucho mejor que te ejercites para vivir piadosamente, ya que esto es útil para todo, te ayudará en esta vida y también en la venidera.

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