Harming Your 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? — 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.

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

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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

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?

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

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

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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.

O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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:

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.

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

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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 →

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.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; — read the full passage →

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

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

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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.

And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. — read the full passage →

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

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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.

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 →

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 →

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

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

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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.

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?

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

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.

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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

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.

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Thou shalt not kill.

I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

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.

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. — read the full passage →

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, — read the full passage →

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

But he spake of the temple of his body.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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 →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — 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.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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.

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

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

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

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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.

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

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.