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OET (OET-RV) because keeping fit is of some benefit, but being godly benefits every part of life, from the present life right through to life in the next age.![]()
OET-LV For/Because the bodily training for is a_little beneficial, but the devoutness is beneficial for all things, the_promise holding of_the_ which present _life, and of_the_ coming _life.![]()
ULT for bodily training is useful for little, but godliness is useful for all, having promise of life, now and coming.
UST Here is what I mean: working hard to make your body stronger is helpful for a little while. However, working hard to honor God is helpful at all times. When you do that, you can confidently expect to live with God both now and also when God makes you alive again.
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.
MSB For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every [way], holding promise[fn] for the present life and for the [one] to come.
BLB For bodily exercise is of a little profit, but godliness is profitable for everything, holding the promise of the present life and of the one coming.
AICNT For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
OEB for while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of life both here and hereafter.
WEBBE & WMBB 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.
NET For “physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”
LSV for bodily exercise is to little profit, but piety is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;
FBV for while physical exercise is useful to some extent, spiritual exercise is much more useful. For “it has promise for the present life, and for the life to come.”
TCNT For bodily training is beneficial to a certain extent, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds [fn]promise for both the present life and the life to come.
T4T Some people say, “It helps us in some ways if we exercise our bodies.” But I say that people benefit very much if they live ◄in a godly way/in a way that pleases God►, because if people live in a godly way, that will benefit them both while they live now and when they live in the future life in heaven.
LEB For the training of the body is ⌊somewhat⌋[fn] profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, because it[fn] holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.
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.
Moff The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.
Wymth Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming.
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.
DRA For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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;
Drby for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
RV 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.
SLT For bodily exercise is profitable, to little: but devotion is profitable to all things, having promise of life now, and that about to be.
Wbstr For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
KJB-1769 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.
(For bodily exercise profiteth/profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.)
KJB-1611 For bodily exercise profiteth [fn]litle, but godlinesse is profitable vnto all things, hauing promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
Bshps For bodyly exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges, hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe, and of that which is to come.
(For bodyly exercise profiteth/profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that is now, and of that which is to come.)
Gnva For bodily exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all things, which hath the promise of the life present, and of that that is to come.
(For bodily exercise profiteth/profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, which hath/has the promise of the life present, and of that that is to come.)
Cvdl For bodely exercyse profyteth litle, but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges, as a thinge which hath promyses of the life that is now, and of the life for to come.
(For bodily exercise profyteth little, but godlynes is profytable unto all things, as a thing which hath/has promises of the life that is now, and of the life for to come.)
TNT For bodely exercise proffiteth lyttll: But godlines is good vnto all thynges as a thynge which hath promyses of the lyfe that is now and of the lyfe to come.
(For bodily exercise proffiteth lyttll: But godlines is good unto all things as a thing which hath/has promises of the life that is now and of the life to come.)
Wycl For bodili exercitation is profitable to litle thing; but pitee is profitable to alle thingis, that hath a biheest of lijf that now is, and that is to come.
(For bodily exercitation is profitable to little thing; but pitee is profitable to all things, that hath/has a behest/promise of life that now is, and that is to come.)
Luth Denn die leibliche Übung ist wenig nütz; aber die GOttseligkeit ist zu allen Dingen nütz und hat die Verheißung dieses und des zukünftigen Lebens.
(Because the leibliche Übung is few useful; but the Godblessedkeit is to/for all/everyone things useful and has the promise(n) this and the future(aj) life.)
ClVg Nam corporalis exercitatio, ad modicum utilis est: pietas autem ad omnia utilis est, promissionem habens vitæ, quæ nunc est, et futuræ.[fn]
(For/Surely physical exercitatio, to modicum useful it_is: piety however to everything useful it_is, promise having of_life, which now it_is, and future.)
SR-GNT “Ἡ” γὰρ “σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν”, ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν, καὶ τῆς μελλούσης. ‡
UGNT ἡ γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν, ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν, καὶ τῆς μελλούσης.
SBL-GNT ἡ γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν, ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καὶ τῆς μελλούσης.
RP-GNT ἡ γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος· ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν, ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καὶ τῆς μελλούσης.
TC-GNT ἡ γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν, [fn]ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καὶ τῆς μελλούσης.