Introduction
What is Fitness?
Fitness is the ability to be physically active and have good health.
Fitness: An important concept of the Bible?
Welcome to this blog post about how fitness is addressed in the Bible! We will be looking at some of the verses in the Bible that talk about fitness and how we can apply them to our lives today. We will also be discussing how we can use these verses as motivation to take better care of ourselves and to stay healthy and fit. So, if you’re ready, let’s get started on our journey of discovering the Bible’s teachings on fitness!
Those are the best Bible scriptures about Fitness.
They will help you to better understand exercise, diet, health, nutrition, weight loss, strength training, bodybuilding, yoga…
Fitness: The Best Bible Verses
1. 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. — [Isaiah 40:31]
2. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. — [Colossians 3:23-24]
3. 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. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. — [Romans 12:1-2]
4. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. — [Galatians 5:22-23]
5. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. — [1 Corinthians 10:31]
6. 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, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. — [Hebrews 12:1-2]
7. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: — [1 Peter 5:8]
8. Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. — [Proverbs 16:24]
9. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. — [1 Peter 4:10-11]
10. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. — [2 Timothy 4:7-8]
11. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. — [Romans 8:6]
12. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. — [Philippians 3:13-14]
13. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. — [1 Thessalonians 5:11]
14. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. — [Psalms 84:11]
15. 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? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. — [1 Corinthians 6:19-20]
16. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. — [Ecclesiastes 9:10]
17. From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. — [Ephesians 4:16]
18. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; — [Romans 12:11]
19. Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 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. — [1 Corinthians 9:24-27]
20. He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. — [Proverbs 25:28]
21. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. — [Proverbs 24:10]
22. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. — [Psalms 103:5]
23. 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 Timothy 4:8]
24. My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. — [Proverbs 4:20-22]
25. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? — [Proverbs 18:14]
26. But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 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 Timothy 4:7-8]
27. Let all things be done decently and in order. — [1 Corinthians 14:40]
28. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. — [2 Timothy 2:5]
29. The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. — [Proverbs 15:30]
30. And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat. — [Daniel 1:15]
Conclusion
We hope you enjoyed those Fitness verses.
As you turn to God, He will give you strength and courage to face your fears. Exercise and physical fitness can be a great way to help you build a strong mind and body. Use these encouraging Bible verses as a source of motivation to overcome your fears and find strength in the Lord. May God bless you and give you the courage to trust in Him.