1st Corinthians Chapter 3 verse 16 Holy Bible
Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and `that' the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
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Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?
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Do ye not know that ye are [the] temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
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Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
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have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?
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1st Corinthians 3 : 16 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 16-23. - The peril and folly of glorying in men. Verse 16. - Know ye not. The phrase is used by St. Paul in this Epistle to emphasize important truths, as in 1 Corinthians 5:6; 1 Corinthians 6:2,.9, 15; 9:13, 24. Out of this Epistle it only occurs in Romans 6:16; Romans 11:2. That ye are the temple of God. "Ye," both collectively (Ephesians 2:21) and individually; "God's shrine;" not built for men's glory. The word "temple" in the Old Testament always means the material temple; in the Gospels our Lord "spake of the temple of his body;" in the rest of the New Testament the body of every baptized Christian is the temple of God (1 Corinthians 6:16), because "God dwelleth in him" (1 John 4:16; comp. John 14:23). In another aspect Christians can be regarded as "living stones in one spiritual house" (1 Peter 2:5). The temple; rather, the shrine (uses) wherein God dwells (naiei), and which is the holiest part of the temple (hieron).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) The temple of God.--From the thought of grand edifices in general the Apostle goes on to the particular case of a building which is not only splendid but "holy"--the temple of God--thus reminding the reader that the rich and valuable metals and stones spoken of previously are to represent spiritual attainments. He introduces the passage with the words "Do ye not know," implying that their conduct was such as could only be pursued by those who were either ignorant or forgetful of the truth of which he now reminds them.
