提摩太前书 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.
研读注释
Study Note
Paul's comparison of bodily exercise and godliness occurs in a context addressing ascetic false teachers who 'forbid to marry and command to abstain from meats' (v. 3), making the verse a corrective to dualistic deprecation of the physical rather than a disparagement of physical care itself. The concessive 'profiteth little' (pros oligon estin ōphelimos) acknowledges genuine value in physical discipline while calibrating it against the eschatological scope of godliness, which holds promise for 'the life that now is and of that which is to come.' The phrase 'life that now is' (nyn zōē) is important for reading the Pastorals' this-worldly eschatological balance: the future orientation does not evacuate present existence of significance. The verse anticipates the Reformation debate about whether bodily disciplines contribute to salvation or only to formation.
其他译本
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;
For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
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