Bible Verses About Defilement: Causes of, improperly enlarged by tradition
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Verses on Causes of, improperly enlarged by tradition
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.