Scripture Cards: Harming Your Body

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

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? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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.

O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.