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

8Training the body helps a little, but godly living helps in every way. Godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come. 9This is a statement that can be trusted and deserves complete acceptance. Certainly, we work hard and struggle to live a godly life, because we place our confidence in the living God. He is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. 11Insist on these things and teach them. 12Don’t let anyone look down on you for being young. Instead, make your speech, behavior, love, faith, and purity an example for other believers.

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 4:9As I see it, God has placed us apostles last in line, like people condemned to die. We have become a spectacle for people and angels to look at.
• 2 Corinthians 4:8In every way we’re troubled, but we aren’t crushed by our troubles. We’re frustrated, but we don’t give up.
• 2 Corinthians 6:3We don’t give people any opportunity to find fault with how we serve.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they Christ’s servants? It’s insane to say it, but I’m a far better one. I’ve done much more work, been in prison many more times, been beaten more severely, and have faced death more often.
• 2 Timothy 2:9I’m suffering disgrace for spreading this Good News. I have even been put into prison like a criminal. However, God’s word is not imprisoned.
• 2 Timothy 3:10But you know all about my teachings, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance.
• Hebrews 11:26He thought that being insulted for Christ would be better than having the treasures of Egypt. He was looking ahead to his reward.
• Hebrews 13:13So we must go to him outside the camp and endure the insults he endured.
• 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed because the Spirit of glory—the Spirit of God—is resting on you.
• 1 Timothy 6:17Tell those who have the riches of this world not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, they should place their confidence in God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
• Psalms 37:40The Lord helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from wicked people. He saves them because they have taken refuge in him.
• Psalms 52:8But I am like a large olive tree in God’s house. I trust the mercy of God forever and ever.
• Psalms 84:12O Lord of Armies, blessed is the person who trusts you.
• Psalms 118:8It is better to depend on the Lord than to trust mortals.
• Isaiah 12:2Look! God is my Savior. I am confident and unafraid, because the Lord is my strength and my song. He is my Savior.”
• Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? Let those who walk in darkness and have no light trust the name of the Lord and depend upon their 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