2 CORINTHIANS 6:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people' — Paul invokes temple theology: believers collectively form God's naos (temple), the sanctuary where God inhabits. This identity precludes idolatrous partnership. The quotation (Lev 26:12; Exod 29:45) establishes covenantal presence.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 6:16
“Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.” He said not, 'Intermix not with unbelievers,' but rather dealing sharply with them, as transgressing what was right, 'Suffer not yourselves to turn aside,' says he, “For what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity?” Here in what follows he institutes a comparison, not between his own love and theirs who corrupt them, but between their nobleness and the others' dishonor. For thus his discourse became more dignified and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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