1 Timothy 4:8

For “physical exercise ¹  has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

De 28:1-14; 1Sa 15:22; Job 5:19-26; Job 22:2; Ps 37:3,4,16-19,29; Ps 50:7-15; Ps 84:11; Ps 91:10-16; Ps 112:1-3; Ps 128:1-6; Ps 145:19; Pr 3:16-18; Ec 8:12; Isa 1:11-16; Isa 3:10; Isa 32:17,18; Isa 33:16; Isa 58:3-5; Isa 65:13,14; Jer 6:20; Am 5:21-24; Mt 5:3-12; Mt 6:33; Mt 19:29; Mr 10:19,20; Lu 12:31; Lu 12:32; Ro 8:28; 1Co 3:22; 1Co 8:8; Col 2:21-23; 1Ti 6:6; Tit 3:8; Heb 9:9,10; Heb 13:9; 2Pe 1:3,4; 1Jo 2:25; Re 3:12,21

¹ tn Grk “bodily training” (using the noun form of the verb “train” in v. 7b).