37 Bible Verses about Respecting Your Body

what! know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the holy spirit, which is in you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

for you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

but I would have you take notice, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the wife, is the man; and the head of Christ, is God.

it cannot be. why, don't you perceive, that where there is such an attachment, they are but as one person? for the scripture says, "they two shall be as one."

that every one of you should take care to preserve the dignity of his

what we think to be less honourable, is loaded with additional ornaments, and the less graceful have adventitious finery,

always maintaining a good conscience, that instead of inveighing against you as evildoers, they may be cover'd with confusion, who traduce your virtuous behaviour as Christians.

so that your way of life may stand fair to the world, and prevent your being dependent upon any man.

Let no man therefore condemn you for meats or drinks, or in respect of feasts, or new moons, or sabbaths:

of God. Be respectful to all, love your brethren, fear God, and honour the king.

but by the temple he meant his body.

Don't you know, that you are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwells in you?

and if Christ be in you, tho' the body is mortal in consequence of sin; the spirit gives life by justification.

in brotherly kindness be passionately affected to one another; in honour prefer one another:

wherefore let every one of you without exception, love his wife even as himself; and let the wife respect her husband.

since then, we have these promises, my dear brethren, let us cleanse our selves from all impurity, whether of body or mind, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

by which indeed they make a pretence to wisdom, by a worship of their own devising, by an air of humility, and self-denial, and a disregard to the gratifications of sense.

You are, therefore, brethren oblig'd to oppose your sensual passions;

There are three witnesses in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three testify the same thing.

in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."

nor was the man copied from the woman: but the woman from the man.

but partiality is iniquity; and the law will convict the offender of transgression.

for God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness:

exercise yourself in piety: for those exercises which relate only to the body are of little consequence, but piety is of absolute use, having the promises both of the present life, and of the life that is to come.

A man ought not to be veil'd: he has the honour of being invested with authority from God, and may glory in his priority to the woman.

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

but being sincere in mutual love, may be entirely united to Christ, who is the head:

Servants, be obedient to your legal masters, with awful reverence and sincerity of heart, as unto Christ:

but he that does wrong shall be punish'd for his injustice: for no regard will be shown to the external characters of men.

and not to men: considering that whatever good any man doth, he shall be rewarded for it by the Lord, whether he be a slave or free.

since with God there is no respect of persons.

so that whosoever eats this bread, and drinks this cup without respect to the Lord, does make a criminal use of the body and blood of the Lord.

that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge:

and the second, which has an affinity to it, is this: "you shall love your neighbour as yourself." there is no other commandment greater than these.

if we live by the spirit, let us regulate our actions by the spirit:

the cleansing of the body is only external, but the purification of the spirit is spiritual.

Let your actions be such, with regard to others, as you should think reasonable with regard to yourselves, for this is the substance of the law and the prophets.