Scripture Cards: Tattoo

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.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

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

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

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

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

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?

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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

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.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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

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

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

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

Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

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 do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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