1 Corinthians 6:19
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
- ASV
- Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
- DARBY
- Do ye not know that your body is [the] temple of the Holy Spirit which [is] in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own?
- BLB
- Or do you⁺ not know that your⁺ body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you⁺, whom you⁺ have from God? And you⁺ are not your own,
- ÅB
- Eller vet dere ikke at deres legeme er et tempel for den Hellige Ånd, som bor i dere, og som dere har fra Gud, og at dere ikke hører dere selv til?
- OTB
- Eller er dere ikke klar over at kroppen deres er et tempel for Den Hellige Ånd i dere, som dere har mottatt fra Gud, og at dere ikke tilhører dere selv?
- B1930
- Eller vet I ikke at eders legeme er et tempel for den Hellige Ånd, som bor i eder, og som I har fra Gud, og at I ikke hører eder selv til?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:16
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.
Read in context1 Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Read in contextEphesians 2:21–22
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:15–16
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Read in contextPsalms 100:3
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Read in contextTitus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Read in contextRomans 14:7–9
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
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