{"id":2279,"date":"2013-04-13T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T15:20:17","slug":"1-corinthians-619-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2279","title":{"rendered":"1 Corinthians 6:19-20"},"content":{"rendered":"

19\u00a0<\/sup>Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20\u00a0<\/sup>For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God\u2019s.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

temple (v.19) = sanctuary, shrine \u2014 a place where God’s honor dwells and where His glory is manifested<\/h3>\n

The Corinthians would readily understand what Paul meant by this statement. There were heathen shrines in Corinth, each for its special god. Much of their worship was associated with immoral practices. Here was a new conception of life. It was \u2014 the body as a shrine for God. It was no longer a sacred building but a sacred body. It was no longer God isolated to a sacred place but God present in every activity of life. \u2014 Laurin, page 118.<\/span><\/h3>\n

of God (v.19) \u2014 Ephesians 1:13<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

not your own (v.19) \u2014 after being indwelled by the Spirit, the believer should not consider his body his to do with as he wants \u2014 Romans 14:8-9<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

price (v.20) \u2014 the blood of Christ<\/h3>\n

therefore (v.20) \u2014 in response to being bought with the blood of Christ<\/h3>\n

glorify God (v20) \u2014 our response to having been bought<\/h3>\n

and in your spirit, which are God’s (v.20) \u2014 not in most manuscripts<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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