Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.ĭo you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.įlee from sexual immorality. It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever. Then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.ĭo you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”-and God will destroy both one and the other. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,Īnd I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord. To be better understand why God frowns at tattooing and piercing, we have compiled a list of 20 bible verses about tattoos and piercings. Little wonder, God frowned against the act of tattoos and piercings. Unsterilized piercing or tattoo equipment can transmit diseases that could be detrimental to our health. Whatever God admonishes us not to do is for our good. Many people have contracted different diseases through tattoos and piercings. Besides the Biblical implications of having a tattoo, health-wise it is not nice. We see so many people today with diverse tattoos. So why are we hell-bent on putting a mark that God has not put on our bodies? ![]() If there was any need for a mark on our body, God would have put it there while creating us. God doesn’t make mistakes with our creation. If God dwells in us, is it right to still pierce our bodies or draw tattoos? According to the scripture, piercing the body is wrong and tattooing the body is not good. This means our house is a place of abode for God. However, the scripture said our body is the temple of the Lord. We believe the body is ours so we can do what we choose to do with it without fear. Humans naturally feel entitled to their bodies.
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