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16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in[a] you?

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  1. 3:16 Or among.

16 (A)Do you not know that you[a] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:16 The Greek for you is plural in verses 16 and 17

16 [a]Do you not know and understand that you [the church] are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells [permanently] in you [collectively and individually]?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Paul repeats “Do you not know” nine more times, each time followed by an important truth (cf 5:6; 6:2, 3, 9, 15, 16, 19; 9:13, 24).

16-17 You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple.

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16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(A) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(B)

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