Physical Fitness

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; — read the full passage →

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,

Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head with the king. — read the full passage →

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

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

Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn’t crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. — read the full passage →

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? — read the full passage →

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect? — read the full passage →

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. — read the full passage →

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. — read the full passage →

and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.

A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. — read the full passage →

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king’s dainties.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: — read the full passage →

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; — read the full passage →

But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink. — read the full passage →

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. — read the full passage →

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”