Taking Care Of Gods Temple

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 →

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

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: — read the full passage →

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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.

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.

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.

And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, — read the full passage →

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

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.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. — read the full passage →

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. — read the full passage →

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

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

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

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 →

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. — read the full passage →

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. — read the full passage →

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: — read the full passage →

That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. — read the full passage →

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. — read the full passage →

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; — read the full passage →

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. — read the full passage →

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

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

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?

So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

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

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, — read the full passage →

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

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

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.

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:

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. — read the full passage →

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; — 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.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. — read the full passage →

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:

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. — read the full passage →

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. — read the full passage →

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. — read the full passage →

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

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

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

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; — read the full passage →

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

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

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

Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? — read the full passage →

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. — read the full passage →

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

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, — read the full passage →

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 when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; — read the full passage →

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

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

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

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. — read the full passage →

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. — read the full passage →

And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? — read the full passage →