What Does the Bible Say About Body Fitness Or Physical Exercise?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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.

Hebrews 12:11-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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,

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Philippians 3:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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. 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.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

11 Bible Verses about Body Fitness Or Physical Exercise

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:11-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 3:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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11 Bible Verses about Body Fitness Or Physical Exercise

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:11-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 3:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes