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Instead, train yourself for godliness. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>To this end we labor and strive,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Command and teach these things. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> SBL, BYZ, and TR <i>and suffer reproach</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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