Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little. The Greeks gave great
attention to bodily training. At Ephesus, where Timothy was, may still
be seen the remains of the stadium where the athletes displayed their
skill. Let Christians display the same assiduity in training for
godliness.
Godliness is profitable in all things. Godly training makes men
happier, more prosperous, more healthy here, and in addition it
prepares them for the life to come. The way to reach heaven is not
either to starve or to exercise the body.
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