37 Bible Verses about Respecting Your Body

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1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two shall become one flesh."

1 Corinthians 12:23

and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we treat with the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

1 Thessalonians 4:12

so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anyone.

John 2:21

But he was speaking of the temple of his body.

Colossians 2:23

These indeed have an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but they are of no value against fleshly indulgence.

Romans 8:12

Therefore, brethren, we are debtorsnot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

James 2:9

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

1 Corinthians 11:27

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.

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