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21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body.(A)

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21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.(A)

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19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple[a] of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?(A)

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  1. 6.19 Or sanctuary

19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(A) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(B)

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

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  1. 3.16 In 3.16 and 3.17 the Greek word for you is plural

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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a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent[a] that the Lord, and not any mortal, has set up.(A)

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  1. 8.2 Or tabernacle

and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(A) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

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For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

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For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

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19 For in him all the fullness of God[a] was pleased to dwell,

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  1. 1.19 Gk lacks of God

19 For God was pleased(A) to have all his fullness(B) dwell in him,

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20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone;[a](A) 21 in him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord,(B) 22 in whom you also are built together spiritually[b] into a dwelling place for God.

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  1. 2.20 Or keystone (in an arch)
  2. 2.22 Gk in the Spirit

20 built(A) on the foundation(B) of the apostles and prophets,(C) with Christ Jesus himself(D) as the chief cornerstone.(E) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(F) in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(G)

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16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we[a] are the temple of the living God, as God said,

“I will live in them[b] and walk among them,
    and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.(A)

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  1. 6.16 Other ancient authorities read you
  2. 6.16 Or in their midst

16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(A) For we are the temple(B) of the living God.(C) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[a](D)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27

14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[a] full of grace and truth.(A)

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  1. 1.14 Or the Father’s only Son

14 The Word became flesh(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(C) and truth.(D)

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Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

As you come to him, the living Stone(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(B) and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built(C) into a spiritual house[a](D) to be a holy priesthood,(E) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(F)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit