1 TIM 4:8 Parallel Verse View

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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.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

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 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

4:8 promise ¦ promises ANT PCK

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.

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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.

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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)

4:8 Or, for a little time.

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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. )

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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. )

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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 bodilys exercitatio, to modicum utilis it_is: pietas however to everything utilis it_is, promisenem having of_life, which now it_is, and futuræ. )

4.8 Nam corporalis. Datur hic intelligi quod vigiliis, jejuniis, orationibus et bonis operibus se exercebat Timotheus, non adeo intentus operibus misericordiæ. Pietas, quæ operatur bona fratribus et valet ad promerendum Deum.

4.8 For/Surely bodilys. Datur this/here to_be_understood that vigiliis, yeyuniis, prayerbus and good works himself exercebat Timotheus, not/no so_much intentus works of_mercy. Pietas, which workstur good(s) brothers and valet to promerendum God.

UGNT ἡ γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν, ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν, καὶ τῆς μελλούσης.
(haʸ gar sōmatikaʸ gumnasia pros oligon estin ōfelimos, haʸ de eusebeia pros panta ōfelimos estin, epangelian eⱪousa zōaʸs taʸs nun, kai taʸs mellousaʸs.)

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.
(haʸ gar sōmatikaʸ gumnasia pros oligon estin ōfelimos, haʸ de eusebeia pros panta ōfelimos estin, epangelian eⱪousa zōaʸs taʸs nun kai taʸs mellousaʸs.)

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.
(haʸ gar sōmatikaʸ gumnasia pros oligon estin ōfelimos; haʸ de eusebeia pros panta ōfelimos estin, epangelian eⱪousa zōaʸs taʸs nun kai taʸs mellousaʸs.)

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.
(haʸ gar sōmatikaʸ gumnasia pros oligon estin ōfelimos; haʸ de eusebeia pros panta ōfelimos estin, epangelian eⱪousa zōaʸs taʸs nun kai taʸs mellousaʸs. )

4:8 επαγγελιαν ¦ επαγγελιας ANT PCK

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word for introduces a further explanation about why Timothy should train himself for godliness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave for untranslated. Alternate translation: [and here is why:] or [since]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

πρὸς ὀλίγον & πρὸς πάντα

for ˓a˒_little & for all_‹things›

The phrases for little and for all could refer to: (1) a little time and all time. Alternate translation: [for some times … for all times] or [sometimes … always] (2) little usefulness and all usefulness. Alternate translation: [in some ways … in all ways] or [for a few things … for all things]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια

¬the the but devoutness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of godliness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [but being godly]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα

˓the˒_promise holding

Here, the phrase having promise introduces something about godliness that supports the claim that godliness is useful for all. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [since with godliness comes a promise] or [because godliness leads to a promise]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐπαγγελίαν & ζωῆς

˓the˒_promise & ˱of˲_˓the˒_life

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe a promise that could: (1) promise this life. Alternate translation: [a promise that guarantees life] (2) be in effect while a person has this life. Alternate translation: [promise for life] or [promise during life]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ζωῆς τῆς νῦν, καὶ τῆς μελλούσης

˱of˲_˓the˒_life ¬which present and ˱of˲_the_‹life› coming

Here Paul is referring to true life with God that people can have now and in the coming future, when God resurrects people after they have died. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [of true life, both now and after the resurrection] or [of life in Christ now and after God renews everything]

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