Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 1 Timothy 4:8

“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.”

1 Timothy 4:8 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 Timothy 4:8, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 1 Timothy 4. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

6 If 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.

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

8 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.

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

10 For 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.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
  • Proverbs 19:23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
  • Proverbs 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
  • Colossians 2:21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
  • Psalms 37:11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
  • Mark 10:30But 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.
  • Psalms 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
  • Psalms 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
  • Psalms 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
  • 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

More to meet God in 1 Timothy

1 Timothy 6:121 Timothy 4:121 Timothy 3:161 Timothy 6:171 Timothy 4:11 Timothy 3:151 Timothy 1:171 Timothy 6:41 Timothy 3:31 Timothy 2:81 Timothy 5:101 Timothy 6:101 Timothy 1:51 Timothy 1:1

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.