1 Timothy 4:9

“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.”

"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation." - 1 Timothy 4:9
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What does 1 Timothy 4:9 mean?

The verse 1 Timothy 4:9 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation." This verse is part of the first epistle of Paul to Timothy, which is addressed to his protégé Timothy, who was serving as a pastor in the church at…

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The Worthiness of God’s Promises

In 1 Timothy 4:9, we encounter the profound declaration: "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation." This verse, nestled within Paul’s letter to Timothy, speaks to the integrity and reliability of God’s truths, and calls us to recognize the significance of…

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A Prayer of Acceptance and Faithfulness

Dear Heavenly Father, As I come before you today, I am reminded of the precious words of 1 Timothy 4:9, which states, "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation." Lord, I praise Your name for the clarity and wisdom found in Scripture. I thank You for the guidance…

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1 Timothy 4:9 - "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation."
1 Timothy 4:15
2 Timothy 4:9 - "Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:"
2 Timothy 4 7
1 Timothy 3:9 - "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience."
1 Timothy 4:11 - "These things command and teach."
1 Timothy 4:4 - "For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:"
1 Timothy 4:5 - "For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."
"Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:" - 2 Timothy 4:9
"These things command and teach." - 1 Timothy 4:11
1 Timothy 4:13 - "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine."
1 Timothy 4:2 - "Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"
1 Timothy 4:4-5 - "For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer."
1 Timothy 2:4 - "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
1 Timothy 4:14 - "Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery."
1 Timothy 1:9 - "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,"
1 Timothy 4:7 - "But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness."
1 Timothy 6:9 - "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."
"For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer." - 1 Timothy 4:5
1 Timothy 5:9 - "Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,"
"Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience." - 1 Timothy 3:9
1 Timothy 4:15 - "Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all."
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:" - 1 Timothy 4:4
2 Timothy 1:4 - "Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;"
1 Timothy 3:4 - "One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;"
1 Timothy 1:4 - "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do."
1 Timothy 4:1 - "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"
"For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:" - 1 Timothy 4:4
1 Timothy 2:9 - "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;"