13 Bible Verses about Athletes

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

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.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.