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What does the Bible say about healthy lifestyle?

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The Bible teaches that caring for our bodies and habits is a grateful response to God, not a means of earning his favor. Believers belong to Christ, and 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 calls them to honor God with their bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit. Food, work, rest, exercise, and self-control may therefore be received as gifts and used for God's glory, as 1 Corinthians 10:31 teaches. Romans 12:1-2 urges whole-life worship and renewed minds, while Proverbs 17:22 commends a joyful heart. Yet health is not promised equally to all, nor is it the measure of holiness; our hope rests in Christ and his coming renewal.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 13 votes

    [19] Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, [20] for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:31 10 votes

    Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:17 8 votes

    If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

  • 3 John 1:2 8 votes

    Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

  • Romans 12:1-2 7 votes

    [1] Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. [2] Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

  • Genesis 1:29 6 votes

    God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

  • Proverbs 17:22 5 votes

    A cheerful heart makes good medicine, But a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13 3 votes

    No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

  • Genesis 9:3 3 votes

    Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.

  • John 8:32 2 votes

    You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

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