1 Corinthians 6:19-20
New American Standard Bible
19 Or (A)do you not know that (B)your body is a [a]temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from [b]God, and that (C)you are not your own? 20 For (D)you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in (E)your body.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or sanctuary
- 1 Corinthians 6:19 Or God? And you...own
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
The Message
16-20 There’s more to sex than mere skin on skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. As written in Scripture, “The two become one.” Since we want to become spiritually one with the Master, we must not pursue the kind of sex that avoids commitment and intimacy, leaving us more lonely than ever—the kind of sex that can never “become one.” There is a sense in which sexual sins are different from all others. In sexual sin we violate the sacredness of our own bodies, these bodies that were made for God-given and God-modeled love, for “becoming one” with another. Or didn’t you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit? Don’t you see that you can’t live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for? The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body.
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20
English Standard Version
19 Or (A)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? (B)You are not your own, 20 (C)for you were bought with a price. (D)So glorify God in your body.
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20
New Living Translation
19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20
New King James Version
19 Or (A)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, (B)and you are not your own? 20 For (C)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.
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