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What does the Bible say about being healthy?

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The Bible teaches that caring for our health is a grateful response to God, who made us in his image and calls us to honor him with our whole lives, while trusting him as the giver of life and healing. Psalm 139:13-16 and Genesis 1:27 affirm the dignity of our created bodies. Romans 12:1-2 calls believers to present themselves to God as living sacrifices, and 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 reminds the church that God’s dwelling is holy. Exodus 15:26 points to the Lord as healer, while 3 John 1:2 expresses a fitting desire for bodily and spiritual well-being. Health is a blessing, not an ultimate good, and believers seek it under God’s wise providence.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 35 votes

    [16] Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? [17] If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

  • 3 John 1:2 22 votes

    Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

  • Psalms 139:13-16 12 votes

    [13] For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. [14] I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. [15] My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth. [16] Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them.

  • Genesis 1:27 8 votes

    God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

  • Romans 12:1-2 6 votes

    [1] Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. [2] Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

  • Exodus 15:26 4 votes

    and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."

  • Proverbs 10:27 4 votes

    The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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