What Does the Bible Say About Your Body Is A Temple?
Scripture reveals that your physical body isn't yours to do with as you please—it belongs to God, houses His Spirit, and deserves the care you'd give something sacred.
Scripture on Your Body Is A Temple
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
New Testament
"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."
Romans 12:1
New Testament
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship."
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
New Testament
"Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple."
Leviticus 11:44-45
Old Testament
"I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy."
1 Thessalonians 5:23
New Testament
"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
The Bottom Line
How you treat your body is an act of worship or rebellion against the God who owns it.
Try Today
Make one concrete choice today that honors your body as God's temple—sleep instead of scrolling, eat something nourishing instead of numbing, or move your body in a way that feels like stewardship, not punishment.
Prayer
Jesus invites us to present ourselves to the Father as living sacrifices, as Paul writes in Romans 12:1—here's how you might pray that today.
Father, I'm realizing my body isn't just mine—it's Yours. I've sometimes treated it like I own it, using it in ways that dishonor You. I want to shift that. Help me see my body the way You do: as a temple where Your Spirit lives, worth protecting and caring for. Give me wisdom to know what serves my body and what harms it. And give me the courage to make different choices, even small ones, as an act of worship to You. In Jesus' name, Amen.
📚 Read 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
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