1 Corinthians 6:19

Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? and you are not your own;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

18Fly from fornication. Every sin which a man may commit is outside of his body; the one committing fornication sins against his own body.

20for you have been bought with a price: indeed glorify God in your body.

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Cross References

John 2:21But He spoke concerning the temple of His body.

1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

2 Corinthians 5:15and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen.

Ephesians 2:21in whom the entire edifice, being assimilated, increases 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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