1 Corinthians 6:19 “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is i…”

1 Corinthians 6:19

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

Other translations

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?

World English Bible

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,

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

Knowe yee not, that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost, which is in you, whom ye haue of God? and yee are not your owne.

Darby Translation

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?

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

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Cross references

“What”

1 Corinthians 6:15 1 Corinthians 6:16

1 Corinthians 6:15 · BSB

Do 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!

1 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

“your body”

1 Corinthians 3:16 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 Peter 2:5 Ephesians 2:21 Ephesians 2:22

1 Corinthians 3:16 · BSB

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

What 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.”

1 Peter 2:5 · BSB

you 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.

Ephesians 2:21 · BSB

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Ephesians 2:22 · BSB

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

“and ye”

Psalm 100:3 Titus 2:14 Romans 14:7–9 2 Corinthians 5:15 1 Kings 20:4 1 Chronicles 29:14

Psalm 100:3 · BSB

Know 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.

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He 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.

Romans 14:7–9 · BSB

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

2 Corinthians 5:15 · BSB

And 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.

1 Kings 20:4 · BSB

And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

1 Chronicles 29:14 · BSB

But 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.

Also

John 2:21

John 2:21 · BSB

But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

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