 | Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1908 - 660 pages
..."seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness," and then "these things shall be added unto you." "Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life which now is, as well as of that which is to come;" and "the wisdom which cometh from above is able... | |
 | Friedrich Justus Knecht - Bible - 1910 - 890 pages
...least among his staves, in a position of trust over his whole household. Therefore, St Paul says : "Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come" (1 Tim. 4, 8). Performance of the duty of our slate in life. Because... | |
 | Baptists - 1846 - 660 pages
...these principles of church polity on the public mind, and on the general interests of society. As " godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come," so that form of church polity, and the discipline which is according... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - Religion - 1990 - 548 pages
...Paul 144 said well, "Bodily exercise profiteth but little"; but of the latter sort, he added, "but godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come": and this indeed is our exactest measure. Fastings alone, lyings... | |
 | J. Stephen Lang - Religion - 2003 - 340 pages
...the inward more man is renewed day by day" (2 Corinthians 4:16). "Bodily exercise profits some, but godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of the life which is to come" (1 Timothy 4:8). "All that is in the world, the cravings of the... | |
 | Religious education - 1901 - 962 pages
...hardships, illness, and poverty. Nevertheless, it is true now, as it was true In Abram's day, that "godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come," and that "the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and addeth no sorrow."... | |
 | Daniel Atkinson Clark, George Shepard - Clergy - 1846 - 508 pages
...condition under the heavens. " Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." " Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." But there are a thousand reasons, a thousand times told, why men... | |
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Bodily exercise profiteth but little ;" but of the latter sort, he added, "but godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come :" and this indeed is our exactest measure. 
