26 Bible Verses about fitness
Most Relevant Verses
for while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of Life both here and hereafter.
For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,
They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them.
Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
And you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ's People in the realms of Light.
For it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should dwell,
To fit his People for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the Body of the Christ.
As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body.
The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.
With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.
If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?
But, when the king went in to see his guests, he noticed there a man who had not put on a wedding-robe.
Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice: "Lazarus! come out!"
He is not here; for he has risen, as he said he would. Come, and see the place where he was lying;
The hand of the Lord is upon you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went feeling about for some one to guide him.
But, as it is, you are constantly boasting presumptuously! All such boasting is wicked.
and it was for this that I was myself appointed a Herald and an Apostle (I am telling the simple truth and no lie)--a Teacher of the Gentiles in the Faith and Truth.
I do not mean that we are fit to form any judgment by ourselves, as if on our own authority;
"I am Gabriel," the angel answered, "who stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
It was not, surely, to the help of the angels that Jesus came, but 'to the help of the descendants of Abraham.'
His answer was: "It is not for you to know times or hours, for the Father has reserved these for his own decision;
and I saw a mighty angel who was proclaiming in a loud voice-- 'Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?'
