Clean Body

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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

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

and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye 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.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

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

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual 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 →

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah 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 in your iniquities, and moan one toward another. — read the full passage →

Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who 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 →

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — 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 him to show unto his servants, even the 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

And he set the mitre upon his head; and upon the mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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

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

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

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous 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 his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which 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.

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

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

Ye are the children of Jehovah 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 Jehovah.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who 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 people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

Know ye not that ye are a 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 his name.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

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

And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.

wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

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

And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

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

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on 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 doubleminded.

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

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

abstain from every form of evil.

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

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

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, 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. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, He that is bathed 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 out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

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

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

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

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

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

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, 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 a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

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