1 Timothy 4:10

1 Timothy 4:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
• New International Version (NIV)That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Context of 1 Timothy 4:10

8For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. 9This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance. For this reason we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. 11Command and teach these things. 12Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:10 word by word

εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ κοπιῶμεν καὶ ἀγωνιζόμεθα, ὅτι ἠλπίκαμεν ἐπὶ θεῷ ζῶντι, ὅς ἐστιν σωτὴρ πάντων ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα πιστῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• thereforeοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• weκοπιάωkopiaō · to laborG2872
• bothκαίkai · andG2532
• suffer reproachὀνειδίζωoneidezō · to revileG3679
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• we trustἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the Saviourσωτήρsōtēr · saviorG4990
• of allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• speciallyμάλισταmalista · especiallyG3122
• of those that believeπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 4:10

• 1 Corinthians 4:9For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
• 2 Corinthians 4:8We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;
• 2 Corinthians 6:3We are not giving anyone an occasion for offense, so that the ministry will not be blamed.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman — I’m a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.
• 2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the point of being bound like a criminal. But the word of God is not bound.
• 2 Timothy 3:10But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance,
• Hebrews 11:26For he considered reproach for the sake of Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since he was looking ahead to the reward.
• Hebrews 13:13Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing his disgrace.
• 1 Peter 4:14If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
• Psalms 37:40The Lord helps and delivers them; he will deliver them from the wicked and will save them because they take refuge in him.
• Psalms 52:8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.
• Psalms 84:12Happy is the person who trusts in you, Lord of Armies!
• Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humanity.
• Isaiah 12:2Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”
• Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and listens to his servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord; let him lean on his God.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For therefore we both labor - This verse was necessary to explain what he had before said; and here he shows that his meaning was not that the followers of God should enjoy worldly prosperity and exemption from natural evils; for, said he, it is because we exercise ourselves to godliness that we have both labor and reproach, and we have these because we trust In the living God: but still we have mental happiness, and all that is necessary for our passage…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach - In making this truth known, that all might be saved, or that salvation was offered to all. The “labor” was chiefly experienced in carrying this intelligence abroad among the Gentiles; the “reproach” arose chiefly from the Jews for doing it. Because we trust in the living God - This does not mean, as our translation would seem to imply, that he labored and suffered “because” he confided in God, or that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 Outward acts of self-denial profit little. What will it avail us to mortify the body, if we do not mortify sin? No diligence in mere outward things could be of much use. The gain of godliness lies much in the promise; and the promises to godly people relate partly to the life that now is, but especially to the life which is to come: though we lose for Christ, we shall not lose by him. If Christ be thus the Saviour of all men, then much more…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-16Timothy needs to address the false teachers (see 2 Timothy 3:1–4:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. therefore--Greek, "with a view to this." The reason why "we both ('both' is omitted in the oldest manuscripts) labor (endure hardship) and suffer reproach (some oldest manuscripts read 'strive') is because we have rested, and do rest our hope, on the living (and therefore, life-giving, 1Ti 4:8) God." Saviour--even in this life (1Ti 4:8). specially of those that believe--Their "labor and reproach" are not inconsistent with their having from the living…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 4:10

• Faith
• Minister, Christian
• Salvation
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Attendance
• Charge
• Example
• Godliness
• Nourish
• Presbytery
• Profane
• Profiting

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings