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Your Body Is A Temple
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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 →
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?
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?
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.
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
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.
But he spake of the temple of his body.
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.
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: — 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.
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.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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 →
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.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: — read the full passage →
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.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory 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.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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. — read the full passage →
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; — read the full passage →
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. — read the full passage →
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
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.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
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 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.
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 →
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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:
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; — read the full passage →
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
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 →
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. — read the full passage →
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.
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.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — 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.
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. — read the full passage →
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. — read the full passage →
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. — read the full passage →
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
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 said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.