Dictionary of Bible Themes Used in Scripture in both a physical and metaphorical sense, the body is susceptible to sin and suffering, but may be offered to God in worship and will finally be transformed by resurrection. Psalms 139:15-16The body is formed by God See also Genesis 2:7,22Job 10:8-11 Ecclesiastes 11:5 1 Samuel 16:12 The body's appearance See also The beauty and strength of the body 1 Samuel 9:22 Samuel 11:2 Songs 5:10-16; 7:1-9 Daniel 10:6 Exodus 22:27; 28:42 Leviticus 16:4 Clothing for the body 2 Kings 6:30Isaiah 20:2 Job 2:7 Diseases affecting the body See also Bodily pain Genesis 3:162 Chronicles 21:19 Job 7:5; 14:22; 17:7; 30:30 Psalms 38:7 2 Corinthians 12:7 Leviticus 13:2-17 Numbers 12:10 Leprosy 2 Samuel 3:292 Kings 5:1-2,6-7 2 Chronicles 26:19-21 Matthew 8:2-3 Luke 17:12-13 pp Mk 1:40-42 pp Lk 5:12-13 Exodus 9:9-11Leviticus 13:18-23 Boils Deuteronomy 28:27,352 Kings 20:7 John 20:25,27 pp Isa 38:21 Galatians 6:17The marks of suffering Mark 5:25-29Healing of the body See also pp Mt 9:20-22 Exodus 4:7pp Lk 8:43-44 2 Kings 5:10,14Job 33:25 Matthew 8:3-4 pp Mk 1:41-42 pp Lk 5:13 Proverbs 14:30Certain actions and attitudes affect the health of the body See also The body's response to godliness Proverbs 3:7-8; 4:20-22Job 21:23-26 Psalms 73:4 Godliness is no guarantee of bodily health Psalms 38:3The body's response to sin See also Psalms 32:2-3; 38:4-11; 109:18Suffering and death are the result of sin in general, but specific experiences of suffering cannot usually be traced to specific sin. Proverbs 5:11Psalms 31:9-10 See also The body's response to distress Psalms 44:25Nahum 2:10 Job 4:14-15; 21:6 Isaiah 21:3 The body's response to fear Daniel 10:15-172 Corinthians 5:6 Life here and now in the body See also "In the body" meaning "in this life" 2 Corinthians 5:8-10Galatians 2:20 Philippians 1:20,22,24 2 Peter 1:13 Psalms 63:1 See also "Body" meaning "self" Genesis 47:18Nehemiah 9:37 2 Corinthians 7:5 Genesis 15:4 Bodily relationships See also Parenthood Genesis 35:112 Samuel 7:12 Micah 6:7 Romans 4:19 Hebrews 7:10 2 Samuel 5:1 Kinship See also Genesis 2:23; 29:14pp 1Ch 11:1 Judges 9:2Nehemiah 5:5 Isaiah 58:7 1 Corinthians 7:4 See also Marriage Matthew 19:5Ephesians 5:28-29,31 Genesis 2:24 pp Mk 10:7-8 Genesis 17:13-14Rituals performed on the body Jeremiah 9:25Circumcision: Ephesians 2:11Leviticus 15:16 Numbers 8:7 Ceremonies for cleansing the body: Leviticus 19:28; 21:5Prohibition of pagan mourning customs: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20The believer's body as a temple of the Holy Spirit See also John 2:19-22Romans 8:10-11 Jesus Christ also likens his body to a temple 2 Corinthians 7:1Believers are to devote their bodies to God See also Romans 6:13; 8:13; 12:11 Corinthians 9:27 1 Thessalonians 4:4; 5:23 James 3:2 Matthew 26:41 Sin at work in the body The body is subject to sinful desires See also Romans 6:6; 7:23-24pp Mk 14:38 Romans 6:12See also Bodily temptation is to be resisted Romans 1:24; 6:191 Corinthians 6:13-16,18 Jude 1:8 1 Timothy 4:8 See also Undue concern for the body is to be avoided Matthew 6:25-32Matthew 10:28 pp Lk 12:22-30 pp Lk 12:4-5 1 Kings 17:20-22The resurrection of the body 2 Kings 4:32-36; 13:21Dead bodies restored to this life Matthew 9:25Luke 7:14-15 pp Mk 5:41-42 John 11:43-44pp Lk 8:54-55 Philippians 3:21See also The resurrection body of believers Psalms 16:9-10Isaiah 26:19 Romans 8:11,23 1 Corinthians 15:35-54 1 Samuel 5:4 Bodies other than human Psalms 115:4-7; 135:15-17Idols of pagan gods Isaiah 6:2Ezekiel 1:11,23; 10:12 Angelic beings Matthew 24:29Heavenly bodies Acts 7:42pp Mk 13:25 1 Corinthians 15:40-41pp Lk 21:26 Ezra 8:20Body in a metaphorical sense 1 Timothy 4:14A body of people: Deuteronomy 4:8Romans 2:20 A body of laws: See also 3278 Holy Spirit, indwelling5297 disease 5333 healing 5334 health 5560 suffering 6020 sin 6166 flesh, sinful nature 7110 body of Christ 8451 mortification 8475 self-denial 9030 dead bodies 9310 resurrection |
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