A moment in scripture
1 Timothy 4:6
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If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
- 1 Timothy 4:5
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
- 1 Timothy 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
- 1 Timothy 4:8
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.