13 Bible Verses about Athletes

And also if anyone competes he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all [things]. Thus those [do so] in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable [one]. Therefore I run in this way, not as [running] aimlessly; I box in this way, not as beating the air. But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.

Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

For the training of the body is {somewhat} profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, [because it] holds promise for the present life and for the [life] to come.

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body.

Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it. Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.

[He] gives power to the weary, and he increases power for {the powerless}.

and it [is] like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run [its] course.

Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.

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

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

I am able [to do] all [things] by the one who strengthens me.