1 Corinthians 6:19

Or know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who abideth in you, whom ye have received from God? And ye are not your own.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 whoredom. For every other sin which a man committeth, is external to his body; but he that committeth whoredom, sinneth against his own body.

20For ye are bought with a price. Therefore, glorify ye God, with your body, and with your spirit, which are God's.

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Cross References

John 2:21But he spake of the temple of his body.

1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not, that ye are the temple of God? and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

2 Corinthians 5:15And he died for all, that they who live should not live to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again.

Ephesians 2:21And in him all the edifice is framed together, and groweth 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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