1 Corinthians 3:16

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,.... The apostle having spoken of the saints as God's building, of himself as a wise master builder, of Christ as the only foundation, and of various…

Know ye not ... - The apostle here carries forward and completes the figure which he had commenced in regard to Christians. His illustrations had been drawn from architecture; and he here proceeds to…

Ye are the temple of God - The apostle resumes here what he had asserted in Co1 3:9 : Ye are God's building. As the whole congregation of Israel were formerly considered as the temple and habitation…

Here the apostle resumes his argument and exhortation, founding it on his former allusion, You are God's building, Co1 3:9, and here, Know you not that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God…

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God " Ναός, sanctuary, more sacred than ἱερόν; the Holy Place in which God dwells, ναίει." Wordsworth. Another view of the subject is now abruptly introduced. The…