Tattoos And Piercings

`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because <FI>it is<Fi> not of faith; and all that <FI>is<Fi> not of faith is sin.

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him--to the age.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,

And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed, — read the full passage →

then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put <FI>it<Fi> through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.

and he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, `King of kings, and Lord of lords.'

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

And I give a ring for thy nose, And rings for thine ears, And a crown of beauty on thy head.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

This <FI>one<Fi> saith, For Jehovah I <FI>am<Fi> , And this calleth <FI>himself<Fi> by the name of Jacob, And this <FI>one<Fi> writeth <FI>with<Fi> his hand, `For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers!

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly--as to babes in Christ;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? again thou dost turn, thou dost see greater abominations than these.' — read the full passage →

And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on: — read the full passage →

Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors. — read the full passage →

For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood <FI>is<Fi> on them;

and this <FI>is<Fi> the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan <FI>is<Fi> to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;

and he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

who did give himself a ransom for all--the testimony in its own times--

and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

for when one may say, `I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, `I--of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters--the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.

`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant--six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;