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1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verse 16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?1 Corinthians 3:16 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 3:16 in context
14If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 6:19
- Ezekiel 36:27
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
- Romans 8:11
- Ephesians 2:21-22
- Romans 8:9
- John 14:17
- 1 Peter 2:5
Key words (Strong's)
- dwellethoikeōto dwell inG3611 →
- templenaosused of the temple at Jerusalem, but only of the sacred edifice itself, consisting of the…G3485 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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Here the apostle resumes his argument and exhortation, founding it on his former allusion, You are God's building, Co1 3:9, and here, Know you not that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile (corrupt and destroy) the temple of God, him shall God destroy (the same word is in…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-17