Clean Body

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?

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

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

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — 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 →

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

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. — read the full passage →

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

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

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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

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.

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 →

And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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.

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

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

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

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — 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.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

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

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

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

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;

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

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

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. — read the full passage →

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →