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?
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Gill's Exposition
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,.... What is said in Co1 3:16 of the saints in general, is here said of their bodies in particular. The Holy Spirit, in regeneration…
Barnes' Notes
What! know ye not ... - This is the fifth argument against this sin. The Holy Spirit dwells in us; our bodies are his temples; and they should not be defiled and polluted by sin; see the note at 1Co…
Adam Clarke
Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost - What an astonishing saying is this! As truly as the living God dwelt in the Mosaic tabernacle, and in the temple of Solomon, so truly does the Holy Ghost…
The twelfth verse and former part of the thirteenth seem to relate to that early dispute among Christians about the distinction of meats, and yet to be prefatory to the caution that follows against…
Cambridge Bible
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost See note on ch. 1Co 3:16, and cf. 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:21-22; 1Ti 3:15; 2Ti 2:20; Heb 3:3; 1Pe 2:5. Observe also that God in Christ acts through…
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