1 CORINTHIANS 3:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst? — a stunning claim: the church collectively (hēmeis, 'you') is 'God's temple' (naos theou). No longer Jerusalem's temple but the Spirit-filled community. 'Dwells' (oikeō, present tense) indicates permanent residence. The Corinthians' divisions fracture God's dwelling place. Sexual immorality (ch. 5) defiles this temple.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 3:16
“Do you not know that you are the Temple of God?” For since he had discoursed in the section before, concerning those who were dividing the Church, he thenceforward attacks him also who had been guilty of uncleanness; not indeed as yet in plain terms but in a general way; hinting at his corrupt mode of life and enhancing the sin, by the Gift which had been already given to him. Then also he puts all the rest to shame, arguing from these very blessings which they had already:…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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