16 (A)Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone [a]defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:17 destroys

16 (A)Do you not know that (B)you are a [a]temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys the [b]temple of God, God will destroy [c]that person; for the [d]temple of God is holy, [e]and that is what you are.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Or sanctuary
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Or sanctuary
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Lit this
  4. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Or sanctuary
  5. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Lit who you are

16 [a]Do you not know and understand that you [the church] are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells [permanently] in you [collectively and individually]? 17 If anyone destroys the temple of God [corrupting it with false doctrine], God will destroy the destroyer; for the temple of God is holy (sacred), and that is what you are.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Paul repeats “Do you not know” nine more times, each time followed by an important truth (cf 5:6; 6:2, 3, 9, 15, 16, 19; 9:13, 24).

16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(A) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(B) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

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

17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

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19 Or (A)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, (B)and you are not your own? 20 For (C)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.

19 Or (A)do you not know that (B)your body is a [a]temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from [b]God, and that (C)you are not your own? 20 For (D)you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in (E)your body.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or sanctuary
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or God? And you...own

19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]? 20 You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body.

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19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(A) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(B) 20 you were bought at a price.(C) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(D)

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19 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.

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15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (A)you[a] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

(B)“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”

17 Therefore

(C)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 NU we

15 Or what (A)harmony does Christ have with [a]Belial, or [b]what does a (B)believer share with an (C)unbeliever? 16 Or (D)what agreement does [c]the temple of God have with idols? For we are [d](E)the temple of (F)the living God; just as God said,

(G)I will (H)dwell among them and (I)walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
17 (J)Therefore, (K)come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will welcome you.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Gr Beliar; a name of the devil and the antichrist
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Lit what part has a believer with an unbeliever
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Or a temple
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Or a temple

15 What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial (Satan)? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said:

I will dwell among them and walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.(A)
17 
“So come out from among unbelievers and be separate,” says the Lord,
And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will graciously receive you and welcome you [with favor],(B)

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15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(A) Or what does a believer(B) have in common with an unbeliever?(C) 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(D) For we are the temple(E) of the living God.(F) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[b](G)

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(H)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[c](I)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

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.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

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