What Does the Bible Say About Why You Should Work Out?

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.

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.

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 4 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.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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.

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

10 Bible Verses about Why You Should Work Out

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

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes