Sports

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

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

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

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