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1 Corinthians 3:16-18
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1 Corinthians 3:16-18
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16 You should know that you yourselves are God’s temple.[a] God’s Spirit lives in you. 17 If you destroy God’s temple, God will destroy you, because God’s temple is holy. You yourselves are God’s temple.
18 Don’t fool yourselves. Whoever thinks they are wise in this world should become a fool. That’s the only way they can be wise.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:16 temple God’s house—the place where God’s people worship him. Here, it means that believers are the spiritual temple where God lives.
1 Corinthians 3:16-18
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1 Corinthians 3:16-18
New International Version
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(A) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(B) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(C) by the standards of this age,(D) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
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