What does the Bible say about smoking cigarettes?
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The Bible does not name cigarettes, but it calls Christians to honor God with their bodies, resist enslaving habits, and live in grateful self-control. First Corinthians 6:19-20 teaches that believers belong to God and should glorify him in their bodies, while 1 Corinthians 6:12 warns against being mastered by anything. Since smoking commonly harms health and can foster addiction, these principles give serious reason to avoid it or seek freedom from it. First Corinthians 10:13 offers hope that God provides help in temptation, and 1 Corinthians 10:31 calls us to do all for his glory. Those who struggle should pursue repentance, prayer, wise support, and confidence in Christ's forgiving grace.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
[19] Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, [20] for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12
"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- 1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
- 1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
- Hebrews 10:26
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
- Psalms 119:37
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
- Galatians 6:7-8
[7] Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap. [8] For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19
Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,
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