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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: regulation regarding tattooing |
Bible Note: 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. |