Jesus Fish Tattoos Cross

Christians and tattoos?

Anyone know what the biblical stance is on this. I have a tattoo of a blue cross and a pink Jesus fish intertwined around the cross and was looking to get some verses added Phillippians 4:13 . Should I stop?

No there is nothing wrong with it.

Some people will claim that it is forbidden in Leviticus 19:28;

Lev 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

But this is taken out of context. It is important to read the whole passage and understand a few things. 1. People were putting marks on themselves and cutting their flesh to worship their dead ancestors so God had to tell Moses to tell the Israelites not to do this because they should only worship God. 2. These are instructions given to the Israelites specifically and for those specific times (Lev 19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.) God wanted the Israelites to be holy and to differentiate themselves from the heathen Canaanites. This is also why you find scripture instructing the Israelistes to dress a certain way and have their hair a certain length.

Some people will also claim that tattoos are forbidden in 1 Corinthians 6:19;

1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

This is also taken out of context. If you read the whole passage, you will see that this verse is speaking out against fornication specifically, not tattoos. Let’s look at it in context:

1Co 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
1Co 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
1Co 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Was Paul speaking about tattoos? No he was speaking about fornication and sexual immorality.

Simply put, nowhere in the bible are tattoos forbidden.

It is also interesting to note that Jesus appears to have marks of some sort on him

Rev 19:16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

Also note what the bible has to say about appearances:

“The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outer appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7

“Stop judging by mere appearances, & make a right judgment.” Jesus Christ, John 7:21

You probably should use some common sense as a Christian getting a tattoo. You don’t want to get anything that is vulgar, sinful, or blasphemous. I wouldn’t go getting devils or demons or the number 666 or anything like that.

Enjoy your tattoo experience and God Bless

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