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1 | regulation regarding tattooing | 1 Cor 6:19 | Joan BJ | 228264 | ||
Where in the Bible does it say that God firbids tattooing on the body? | ||||||
2 | regulation regarding tattooing | 1 Cor 6:19 | Makarios | 228265 | ||
Greetings Joan, You asked, "Where in the Bible does it say that God firbids tattooing on the body?" Perhaps 1 Cor. 6:19 is what you are looking for: 1 Cor. 6:19 "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?" Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3 | regulation regarding tattooing | 1 Cor 6:19 | danjg | 228268 | ||
The context of this verse is immorality, so I'd be very cautious about using it as a blanket command for any other actions! | ||||||
4 | regulation regarding tattooing | 1 Cor 6:19 | biblicalman | 228269 | ||
Personally I cannot agree that 1 Corinthians 6.19 applies only to immorality. It was a statement of a fact which certainly demonstrated that immorality was wrong for the reason given, but ti was stating a general principle that applies to everything that we do If we know that we are the Temple of God and that the Holy Spirit dwells in us, and that we and our bodies are not our own, but are bought with a price so that we belong to Him, then it affects every part of our lives, and especially what we do to our bodies. I must therefore agree with Makarios that what we do with it should not be decided by the fad of the moment, which has a totally worldly basis, such as tattooing, but should be decided by what Jesus Himself would have done. And in my view it is totally impossible to conceive of Jesus as tattooing Himself. To do such a thing would have been the very opposite of what He was and is. Tattooing is on the same level as braiding the hair, or gold, or pearls or expensive designer clothing (1 Tim 2.9-10). They are self indulgent and vain. All these things will stand as a witness against those who indulge in them on the last Day. And whereas you can cease to do most of these things, you will not be able to remove your tattoo. |
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5 | regulation regarding tattooing | 1 Cor 6:19 | Beja | 228271 | ||
Beja, Here is a place where I think Paul is setting a principle as well, not merely a single effect statement. 1Co 7:18 Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised. 1Co 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God. So we see that cuts or marks or doing something to the body is absolutely irrelevant. If we have them, we should not seek to remove them as if doing so would improve our standing with God. If we don't have them, we should not seek to gain them as if gaining them improved our standing with the Lord. None of these things mean anything and are indeed left over notions from Jewish ceremonial laws. I agree whole heartedly that our body is a temple which we should not defile. But Christ has clearly taught us what defiles us! Mat 15:18 "But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. Mat 15:19 "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. Mat 15:20 "These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man." All the other things that supposidly "defile" the body or man were but pictures so we could understand the concept of defilement. The purpose was that we might have the proper categories to understand sin and its effects on us and our need for clensing. It is the heart and the sin of the heart or the righteousness of the heart. We defile the temple of our body by the sinfulness of our hearts and minds and actions, not by ink. In Christ, Beja |
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