Scripture Cards: Piercings and Tattoos

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.

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;

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

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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?

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.

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

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.

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

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;

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”