34 Bible Verses about Exercise

Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming.

But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.

But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.

But for this very reason--adding, on your part, all earnestness-- along with your faith, manifest also a noble character: along with a noble character, knowledge;

And the authority of the first Wild Beast--the whole of that authority--he exercises in his presence, and he causes the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first Wild Beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

But since we have special gifts which differ in accordance with the diversified work graciously entrusted to us, if it is prophecy, let the prophet speak in exact proportion to his faith;

But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live a self-indulgent life, but do the duty of an evangelist and fully discharge the obligations of your office.

Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.

In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.

This too is my own earnest endeavour--always to have a clear conscience in relation to God and man.

I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.

If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

not lording it over your Churches but proving yourselves patterns for the flock to imitate.

Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

in which I have been appointed to serve, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me.

But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.

But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles are their masters, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.

And there was given him a mouth full of boastful and blasphemous words; and liberty of action was granted him for forty-two months.

if it is the gift of administration, let the administrator exercise a sound judgement in his duties.

For, as its appointed time, this will be brought about by the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.

Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work."

and must be one who is able to bear patiently with the ignorant and erring, because he himself also is beset with infirmity.

Be shepherds of God's flock which is among you. Exercise the oversight not reluctantly but eagerly, in accordance with the will of God; not for base gain but with cheerful minds;

Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.

along with knowledge, self-control; along with self-control, power of endurance;

to another the exercise of miraculous powers; to another the gift of prophecy; to another the power of discriminating between prophetic utterances; to another varieties of the gift of 'tongues;' to another the interpretation of tongues.

Now to Him who, in exercise of His power that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely beyond all our highest prayers or thoughts--

in order that as sin has exercised kingly sway in inflicting death, so grace, too, may exercise kingly sway in bestowing a righteousness which results in the Life of the Ages through Jesus Christ our Lord.

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the nostrils be?

Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.

Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used,

And will not God avenge the wrongs of His own People who cry aloud to Him day and night, although He seems slow in taking action on their behalf?