1 Corinthians 6:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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;”
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“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;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 6:19 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 20:4And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- Psalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
- Psalms 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- John 2:21But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
- Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- 1 Corinthians 6:15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
- 2 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- Ephesians 2:21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- 1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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