1 CORINTHIANS 6:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 2
“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?”
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? — The temple imagery (naos) transfers the sanctity previously located in Jerusalem's sanctuary to the believer's body. The indwelling Spirit (to pneuma ho oikeō en humin) constitutes believers as sacred space. This is not metaphor but theological reality: the Spirit's presence makes the body a holy place. Sexual immorality thus desecrates a temple, violating the presence of God within.
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Amara DialloNote2mo agoYour Body as God's Temple
Paul appeals: 'Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.' This is about bodily ...
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Elena PetrovaNote1mo agoYour Body is a Temple
Paul addresses Corinthian believers about sexual ethics by invoking the Temple. Your body isn't your private property to do with as you please. The Spirit of God dwells in you, making you a holy space...
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