Summary: Some people, rather than stewarding their bodies for righteousness, become obsessed with their bodies in vanity. It is to these people that Paul would say: “Physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come” (verse 8). Though physical training is good, eventually, no matter how much physical training we engage in, our bodies will waste away. Spiritual training, however, is training that lasts not only in this life, but into eternal life.
