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 web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- 1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
- Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
- Colossians 2:21
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
- Psalms 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- Mark 10:30
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and …
- Psalms 112:1
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Job 5:19
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- Psalms 145:19
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Psalms 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
More to meet God in 1 Timothy
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.