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1 Timothy 4:7–8

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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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.
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From verse 7

  1. 2 Timothy 2:16Rank 1 from verse 7
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    16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

  2. Titus 2:12Rank 2 from verse 7
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    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  3. 1 Timothy 1:4Rank 3 from verse 7
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    4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

  4. 2 Peter 1:5–8Rank 4 from verse 7
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    5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

    6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

    8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  5. Titus 3:9Rank 5 from verse 7
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    9But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

  6. Hebrews 5:14Rank 6 from verse 7
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    14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

  7. 1 Timothy 6:11Rank 7 from verse 7
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    11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

  8. 2 Timothy 2:23Rank 8 from verse 7
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    23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

  9. Acts 24:16Rank 9 from verse 7
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    16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

  10. 1 Timothy 6:20Rank 10 from verse 7
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    20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

  11. 2 Timothy 4:4Rank 11 from verse 7
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    4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

  12. 1 Timothy 3:16Rank 12 from verse 7
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    16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

  13. 2 Timothy 3:12Rank 13 from verse 7
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    12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  14. Titus 1:14Rank 14 from verse 7
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    14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

  15. 1 Timothy 2:10Rank 15 from verse 7
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    10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

From verse 8

  1. Matthew 6:33Rank 1 from verse 8
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    33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  2. 1 Timothy 6:6Rank 2 from verse 8
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    6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  3. Psalms 37:3–4Rank 3 from verse 8
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    3Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

    4Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

  4. Proverbs 19:23Rank 4 from verse 8
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    23The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  5. Proverbs 22:4Rank 5 from verse 8
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    4By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

  6. Colossians 2:21–23Rank 6 from verse 8
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    21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

    22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

    23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

  7. Psalms 37:11Rank 7 from verse 8
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    11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  8. Job 5:19–26Rank 8 from verse 8
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    19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

    20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

    21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

    22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

    23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

    24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

    25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

    26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

  9. Mark 10:30Rank 9 from verse 8
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    30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

  10. Psalms 145:19Rank 10 from verse 8
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    19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

  11. 1 John 2:25Rank 11 from verse 8
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    25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

  12. Psalms 112:1–3Rank 12 from verse 8
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    1PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

    2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

    3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

  13. Psalms 37:29Rank 13 from verse 8
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    29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

  14. Matthew 5:3–12Rank 14 from verse 8
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    3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

    5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

    6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

    7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

    8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

    9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

    10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  15. Proverbs 3:16–18Rank 15 from verse 8
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    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

  16. Psalms 128:1–6Rank 16 from verse 8
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    1BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

    2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

    3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

    4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

    5The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

    6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

  17. Job 22:2Rank 17 from verse 8
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    2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

  18. Psalms 84:11Rank 18 from verse 8
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  19. Ecclesiastes 8:12Rank 19 from verse 8
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    12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

  20. Hebrews 13:9Rank 20 from verse 8
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    9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

  21. Psalms 50:7–15Rank 21 from verse 8
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    7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

    8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

    9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

    10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

    11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

    12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

    13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

    14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  22. 1 Samuel 15:22Rank 22 from verse 8
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    22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  23. Isaiah 3:10Rank 23 from verse 8
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    10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  24. Psalms 91:10–16Rank 24 from verse 8
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    10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

    11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

    12They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

    13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

    14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

    15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

    16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

  25. Titus 3:8Rank 25 from verse 8
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    8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

  26. Deuteronomy 28:1–14Rank 26 from verse 8
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    1AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

    2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

    3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

    4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

    5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

    6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

    7The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

    8The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

    9The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

    10And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

    11And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

    12The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

    13And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

    14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

  27. Isaiah 1:11–16Rank 27 from verse 8
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    11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

    12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

    13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

    15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

  28. Isaiah 32:17–18Rank 28 from verse 8
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    17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

    18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

  29. Isaiah 33:16Rank 29 from verse 8
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    16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

  30. Jeremiah 6:20Rank 30 from verse 8
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    20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

  31. Revelation 3:21Rank 31 from verse 8
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    21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  32. 1 Corinthians 8:8Rank 32 from verse 8
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    8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

  33. 2 Peter 1:3–4Rank 33 from verse 8
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    3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

    4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

  34. Psalms 37:16–19Rank 34 from verse 8
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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

    18The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

    19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

  35. Psalms 37:9Rank 35 from verse 8
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    9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

  36. Amos 5:21–24Rank 36 from verse 8
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    21¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

    22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

    23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

    24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

  37. Isaiah 65:13–14Rank 37 from verse 8
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    13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

    14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

  38. Mark 10:19–20Rank 38 from verse 8
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    19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

    20And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

  39. Hebrews 9:9–10Rank 39 from verse 8
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    9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

    10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

  40. Isaiah 58:3–5Rank 40 from verse 8
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    3¶ Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

    4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

    5Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?

  41. Luke 12:31–32Rank 41 from verse 8
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    31¶ But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

    32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

  42. Matthew 19:29Rank 42 from verse 8
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    29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

  43. Revelation 3:12Rank 43 from verse 8
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    12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

  44. Romans 8:28Rank 44 from verse 8
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    28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  45. 1 Corinthians 3:22Rank 45 from verse 8
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    22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

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1 Timothy 4:7

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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profane

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Unholy, irreverent, defiled, or common in contrast with consecrated; to profane is to dishonour, desecrate, defile, or treat as common.

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

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exercise

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Sense 1: To employ, practise, exert, or train. Sense 2: As a noun, bodily training or disciplined practice.

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DEFINED WORDS

1 Timothy 4:8

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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bodily

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Having or containing a body or material form; corporeal.

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exercise

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Sense 1: To employ, practise, exert, or train. Sense 2: As a noun, bodily training or disciplined practice.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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promise

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Sense 1: An assurance or pledge that something will be done or given. Sense 2: That which is promised. Sense 3: To give such an assurance or pledge.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:1NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

4:2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

4:3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

4:5For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

4:6If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

4:7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

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4:8For 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.

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4:9This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

4:10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

4:11These things command and teach.

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