13 Bible Verses about Athletes
Most Relevant Verses
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.
for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
