the body
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19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you may do, do everything for the glory of God.
16Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you? 17But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.
27Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part.
1And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind. 2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
28You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, and you shall not make other figures or marks on yourself. I am the Lord.
13Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. But God shall destroy both the stomach and food. And the body is not for fornication, but rather for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.
1And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.
8For the exercise of the body is somewhat useful. But piety is useful in all things, holding the promise of life, in the present and in the future.
14I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
2Most beloved, concerning everything, I make it my prayer that you may benefit by advancing and succeeding in whatever may be to the benefit of your soul.
12For just as the body is one, and yet has many parts, so all the parts of the body, though they are many, are only one body. So also is Christ.