Bible Verses About Physical Fitness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for physical fitness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,941 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Physical Fitness
1 Corinthians 6:19-20612 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Timothy 4:8395 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27307 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Philippians 4:13279 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1 Corinthians 3:17221 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians 10:31202 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Romans 12:1174 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 9:27172 votes
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Proverbs 31:17170 votes
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
1 Corinthians 3:16165 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 6:19152 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
2 Peter 1:5-6148 votes
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
Hebrews 12:11-12127 votes
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Isaiah 40:31123 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
3 John 1:2114 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 Corinthians 9:26110 votes
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Romans 14:20103 votes
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Galatians 5:22-23101 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Hebrews 12:1100 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Daniel 1:10-1678 votes
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Ephesians 5:1878 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Corinthians 6:1270 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Romans 12:1-269 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 Timothy 4:767 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
1 Timothy 4:7-862 votes
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
What does the Bible say about physical fitness?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of physical fitness. Across 6,941 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 4:8, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Philippians 4:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.