Our bodies don't belong to us

It reads:

1Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy itfor God's temple is holy, and that's what you are.

1Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God's templeand that the Spirit of God dwells within you?

1Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. the temple of God is holyand that's what you are.

1Corinthians 6:15 Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ?? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot?

1Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Whatever other sin a man commits, that sin is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

1Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that is in you, which you have received from God, and that you don't belong to yourselves?

1Corinthians 6:20 For you were bought with a high price. So glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which belongs to God.

1Corinthians 7:4 The wife has no authority over her own body, but the husband does; and similarly, the husband has no authority over his own body, but the wife does.

1Corinthians 7:5 Don't be deprived of each otherif not by mutual agreement for a time, in order to praythen return together, lest Satan tempt you with your incontinence.

Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, and don't obey his lusts.

Romans 12:1 I exhort you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to offer your body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which will be reasonable worship on your part.

As the Bible says, you are God's temple and we have to take care of our bodies, because it's not up to us to do what we want. God has given us this body, which is his temple, and we must take care of it accordingly. How you treat your body says a lot about how you feel about God.

If you don't take care of your body, you're effectively saying that you don't care about God's temple. Furthermore, by taking care of your body, you are effectively showing that you respect and appreciate the gift God has given you. So it's important to pay attention to how you treat your body and make sure you care for it in a way that pleases God.

P. Clémentine