A tattoo is a modification to the human body. While not all modifications are bad, you must see to it that such modification will not distort the beauty of God’s creation.
Next, apart from that, you have to think deep and hard about the motivation behind getting a tattoo? Are you acting out? Is it for artistic expression? Does it mean something important to you? Do you plan to glorify yourself or God with it?
1 Corinthians 10:31 says “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” This clearly means that if you plan to get a tattoo, make sure it is for the right reasons — reasons that are important to you as well as to glorify the Lord.
Aside from thinking about your motives, some also consider how modest they should be with their tattoo. How big or small will it be? Where would they put it? Is it for everyone to see? It is important to keep in mind that our bodies are God’s gifts and we are made in His likeness (Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them). We therefore must ensure whatever we do to our bodies we do to honor Him and to bring glory to His name.
