Quotes about Body

The human body was the Temple of God.

The Lord's Supper teaches that] Rituals are good, and they are instituted and used by God to 'connect' his people with him. We learn through ritual that the church is not just made up of individuals, but is a corporate body. It is not just about personal salvation, but a group of people, the people of God, who are bound to one another and to the faithful through the generations. (page 263)

Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.

But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.

When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,

If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.

This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.