In the verses before these, Paul is instructing Timothy not only to study the words of faith, but to act on them. He was commending Timothy for taking in the Scriptures and following what they say. Now he moves on to his next point. He tells Timothy not to have anything to do with teaching that is contrary to the Word of God. These are of no good to the Christian. Paul tells him that instead of getting caught up in those useless myths to train his body in godliness. He wants Timothy to get caught up in the Word of God. “The training of the body has a limited benefit”, he is not saying training your body has no benefit, but that it is all temporary. That training will only last as long as we are alive. He continues by saying that godliness is beneficial in everyway. Godliness does not have limited benefit, but benefit for now and eternity. It is interesting how a majority of people try to stay in physically fit shape. Now, I’m not saying that we all want o be athletic super stars, but everyone has some sense of wanting to be healthy. It is important to us. What about our spiritual health? Do we daily train our bodies in godliness? Are we spending time in the Word to train ourselves to be more like Christ? We can train our bodies and become physically fit, but that should not be our main focus. We need to train to be like Jesus because not only will it benefit us here on earth, but when we get to Heaven. And I don’t know about you, but I think I want to please my spiritual trainer, afterall He is God :)
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