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1 Timothy 4:7

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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:5

    For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

  2. 1 Timothy 4:6

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. 1 Timothy 4:9

    This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.