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1 Corinthians 6:20 — King James Version← Study notes

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.


1 Corinthians 6:20Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 6:2011 words
GreekMeaning
ἠγοράσθητεēgorasthēte
you were boughtverbG59
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
τιμῆςtimēs
with a pricenounG5092
δοξάσατεdoxasate
do glorifyverbG1392
δὴ
thereforeparticleG1211
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
θεὸνtheon
GodnounG2316
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
σώματιsōmati
bodynounG4983
ὑμῶνhymōn
of youpronounG4771
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 6:20

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you?” He did not merely say, “of the Spirit,” but, “which is in you;” which was the part of one who also was soothing. And again, explaining himself still further, he added, “which you have from God.” He mentioned Him that gave also, both exalting the hearer and putting him in fear, both by the magnitude of the deposit, and by the munificence of Him that made it. “And you are not your own.” This is not…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 18 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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