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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]? |
Subject: Suicide: a question on sin |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, My wife's sister has an extremely agressive cancer, and the doctor's told her she needed to have the maximum allowable chemo-therapy if expected to live longer than another year or so. Our entire family has been praying and researching for the past several months, and she has chosen to not receive that treatment. This whole process is bringing her closer to God, which I believe is the purpose for her having the cancer in the first place. What will come, we don't know. Many of her "friends", and even from her church, have told her "if you don't get chemo, you're just commiting suicide, and we won't have anything more to do with you." They presume to know what the chemo will and won't accomplish in her. There are some compelling reasons to not follow the traditionally marketed cancer treatments, and to address those reasons of why you get cancer in the first place. I will stand behind her to the end, be it near or far, and will cover her with my prayers every day, morning and night. We just don't know. We can pray, and try to learn, and then follow Him faithfully. Love in Christ, Mark |