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NASB | 1 Corinthians 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? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]? |
Bible Question: I understand that you cannot get to Heaven thru suicide. But if a person contracts cancer (naturally) and refuses treatment in order to leave this evil world, how would God see that? |
Bible Answer: 1 Cor 6:20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. --- Always a difficult question, but since all illness and sickness is a result of the fall of Adam, and the will of God, to refuse treatment that the Lord has given wisdom to man to create, how can you glorify our Lord by refusing it? All your life is a worship to God, and to refuse a treatment that is available for you to take care of the temple that God has made in which the Holy Spirit dwells would be putting your own interests over God's. Can't God be glorified by the way we handle the cancer? Perhaps some help or benefit can be given our neighbor by our witness thru the illness. Remember, man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever! I believe it would be sin to refuse any treatment. Hope this is helpful! |