13 Bible Verses about Athletes

And also if any man competes, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully.

And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable. I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air. But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life, and of that which is coming.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own, for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.

But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift up the drooping hands, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

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

I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.