All these evils come from within and they defile.” The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” [
He said to them, “Are even you likewise without understanding? Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
“But what comes out of a person, that is what defiles.
adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.
From that place he went off to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is holy.
To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted.
Similarly, these dreamers nevertheless also defile the flesh, scorn lordship, and revile glorious beings.