Bible verses about "sports" | Goodspeed

¹ Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,

⁷ I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith. ⁸ Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

⁸ But now you too must put them all aside—anger, rage, spite, rough, abusive talk—these must be banished from your lips.

²⁵ Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither.

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win.

¹³ I can do anything through him who gives me strength.

¹⁴ I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

¹² I may do anything I please, but not everything I may do is good for me. I may do anything I please; but I am not going to let anything master me.

⁸ Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.

³¹ So whether you are eating or drinking or doing anything else, do it all to the honor of God.

⁵ No one who competes in the games is awarded a crown unless he obeys the rules.