Bible Verses About Our Bodies
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our bodies, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 847 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Our Bodies
1 Corinthians 6:19-2063 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:1936 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Romans 12:1-232 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 9:2730 votes
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
1 Timothy 4:826 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
1 Corinthians 3:16-1724 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
John 3:16-1723 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 12:121 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Matthew 10:2819 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Leviticus 19:2818 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
1 Corinthians 3:1618 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 10:3118 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 6:317 votes
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
Psalms 139:13-1416 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Matthew 6:2516 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Romans 12:216 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
John 3:1615 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 12:415 votes
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
1 Corinthians 12:2715 votes
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
1 Corinthians 15:4415 votes
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Philippians 1:2015 votes
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
1 Thessalonians 4:415 votes
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Genesis 1:2714 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Psalms 73:2614 votes
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Matthew 6:2214 votes
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
What does the Bible say about our bodies?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of our bodies. Across 847 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 9:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.