If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Timothy 4:6 in context
1 Timothy 4:3–9
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forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
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For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
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If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.
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For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.
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This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.
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