1 Timothy 4:9 (KJV)

Passage

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

1 Timothy 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.

1 Timothy 4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

1 Timothy 4:10 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.

1 Timothy 4:11 These things command and teach.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "faithful", "saying", "worthy", and "acceptation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "faithful", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "For bodily exercise profiteth little but godliness..." into verse 10's "For therefore we both labour and suffer...", so "faith" and "faithful" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "faithful" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.