1 COR 6:19-20 YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
(“Personal Purity,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 76).
“Please, never say: ‘Who does it hurt? Why not a little freedom? I can transgress now and repent later.’ Please don’t be so foolish and so cruel. You cannot with impunity ‘crucify Christ afresh.’ . ‘Flee fornication’, Paul cries, and flee ‘anything like unto it’, the Doctrine and Covenants adds. Why? Well, for one reason because of the incalculable suffering in both body and spirit endured by the Savior of the world so that we could flee. We owe Him something for that. Indeed, we owe Him everything for that”
of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
(“Personal Purity,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 76).
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
“Acknowledging these truths [from 1 Corinthians 6:19–20] . . . , we would certainly not deface our body, as with tattoos; or debilitate it, as with drugs; or defile it, as with fornication, adultery, or immodesty. . . . As our body is the instrument of our spirit, it is vital that we care for it as best we can. We should consecrate its powers to serve and further the work of Christ” (“Reflections on a Consecrated Life,” Ensign, Nov. 2010, 17).