Body Image

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; — read the full passage →

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? — read the full passage →

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

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.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

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?

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. — read the full passage →

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, — read the full passage →

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. — read the full passage →

But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.