⁵ Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^(A)that he has made to dwell in us”?

¹⁶ What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(A)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

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,

²⁹ But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? ^(A)Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”

³ For ^(A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

^[a] Of David.

²¹ And when the Lord smelled ^(A)the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again ^(B)curse^[a] the ground because of man, for ^(C)the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. ^(D)Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

¹¹ And ^(A)his brothers were jealous of him, ^(B)but his father kept the saying in mind.

30 When Rachel saw that ^(A)she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”