1 Corinthians 6:19

Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

18Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body.

20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:4And the king of Israel responded, “In agreement with your word, my lord the king, I am yours, with all that is mine.”

Psalms 12:4Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,

John 2:21Yet he was speaking about the Temple of his body.

1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

2 Corinthians 5:15And Christ died for all, so that even those who live might not now live for themselves, but for him who died for them and who rose again.

Ephesians 2:21In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:13-20

Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the… Read the whole commentary →

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