1 Timothy 4:9

This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

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WEBBE

This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

BSB

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance.

KJV

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

ASV

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

BBE

This is a true saying, in which all may put their faith.

Original Greek

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πιστὸς pistos Trustworthy [is] G4103 ὁ ho the G3588 λόγος logos saying G3056 καὶ kai and G2532 πάσης pasēs of full G3956 ἀποδοχῆς apodochēs acceptance G594 ἄξιος axios worthy G514

The early church

"This is a faithful saying," that is, it is true that godliness is profitable both here and hereafter. Observe how everywhere he brings in this, he needs no demonstration, but simply declares it, for he was addressing Timothy. So then even here, we have good hopes? For he who is conscious to himself of no evil, and who has been fruitful in good, rejoices even here: as the wicked man on the other hand is punished here as well as hereafter. He lives in perpetual fear, he can look no one in the face with confidence, he is pale, trembling, and full of anxiety. Is it not so with the fraudulent, and with thieves, who have no satisfaction even in what they possess? Is not the life of murderers and adulterers most wretched, who look upon the sun itself with suspicion? Is this to be called life? No; rather a horrid death!
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on 1 Timothy

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–10

Outward acts of self-denial profit little. What will it avail us to mortify the body, if we do not mortify sin? No diligence in mere outward things could be of much use. The gain of godliness lies much in the promise; and the promises to godly people relate partly to the life that now is, but especially to the life which is to come: though we lose for Christ, we shall not lose by him. If Christ be thus the Saviour of all men, then much more will he be the Rewarder of those who seek and serve him; he will provide well for those whom he has made new creatures.

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