Taking Care Of Your 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; — read the full passage →

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.

Beloved, I pray that in all things 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.

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

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

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.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

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.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

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

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

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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. — 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;

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

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

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

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

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.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

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

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.

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

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; — read the full passage →

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

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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

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;

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

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?

For no word from God shall be void of power.

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

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

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 be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

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

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.

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

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.

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

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

And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters; — read the full passage →

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

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

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any. — read the full passage →

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),

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

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.

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

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

if my people, who 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.

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness: — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ; — read the full passage →

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.

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

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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

that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? — read the full passage →

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.