Will God punish us if we get Bible Verses Tattoo on our skin ?
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I wouldn't say He will punish you. Rather, you are to set a good example in society, and not make people look at you as a prison convict. The best thing to do, inscribe the Bible verses in your inner self. 2 Corinthians 3:3 "You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts."
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DancesWithWolves Aww, thanks for a great answer !!! -
Jenny's Gone On Vacation No problem.
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This is an excellent question. Leviticus 19:28 very clearly forbids all tattoos. Several New Testament verses reinforce the idea that tattoos should be forbidden- I Cor 6:19-20, Romans 12:1, etc., so I don't think the reasoning that the existence of the NT undoes enforcement of all OT law not directly reiterated in the NT is at all accurate. As for the more nuanced interpretation of OT law as being applicable but with there being more open-ended exceptions, I think that's more or less where this conundrum arises; however, I do believe it would be a difficult case to prove that you HAVE to get a verse tattooed on you. So, I think that the most reasonable conclusion would be that it is not allowed. That's only half of the puzzle. The other half- does the Bible indicate that God will punish those who disobey Him - is simply answered by the Bible as well. 2 Corinthians 5:10.
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DancesWithWolves
Thanks for your comment :) -
Jenny's Gone On Vacation
bostjan64, whoa! Hold on there. You are making it sound like God will say on the Judgment seat... Look, you have a tattoo, so you are going to hell. That's not reasonable. What is reasonable, tattoos are only a sin to Christians who know what is right and fail to do it. James 4:17 "So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin." DancesWithWolves has been warned. -
bostjan the adequate 🥉
Hi Jenny, that rhetoric is consistent with scripture. I never mentioned hell in my answer. As far as how sin is punished exactly, the Bible is not specific, which is why you have so many differences in dogmatic views from Catholicism (as long as you confess and repent, you are atoned, and God's punishment is dependent upon the degree of the unatoned sins left over), to Baptists (as long as you vow to belong to Jesus, sin doesn't matter), to Methodism (all willful transgression is sin and the sinner must repent and be baptized after each instance of wrongdoing), to Mormons (who believe sinners go to a sort of spiritual jail after death to receive a second chance) to Jehovah's Witnesses and beyond. I think almost every denomination has a totally different set of beliefs about the consequences of sin on the afterlife. Not even every denomination of Christianity believes in Heaven and Hell. But, regardless of all of that, the Bible itself, which is (mostly) the same (for most denominations), warns not to sin and says that there is generally a punishment as a consequence for sin. -
Jenny's Gone On Vacation
bostjan64, I couldn't care one bit what other denominations believe. I care about what the Bible says. I did not say you mentioned hell, but that you're making it sound like Christians with tattoos will go to hell, just for having them. You brought up 2 Corinthians 5:10 in your answer, which speaks about "punishment." The Bible is specific on knowing the differences between right and wrong. This is why James 4:17 is a warning to Christians who want to get tattoos.
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DancesWithWolves
Thanks for your comment :)
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The Bible described the body as the Temple of God, since you have the Holy Spirit of God living within you, then your body should remain Holy. Scripture was meant as a inner transformation, not an outer.
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DancesWithWolves
Thank you, Creamcrackered :)
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