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Do you notΟὐκknowοἴδατεthatὅτιyou areἐστεGod’sθεοῦsanctuaryναὸςandκαὶthat the Spiritτὸ πνεῦμαof Godτοῦ θεοῦdwellsοἰκεῖinἐνyou?ὑμῖν
1 Corinthians 3:16
Study it in the app“Do you not know that you are God’s sanctuary and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
Paul to the community: you are God's sanctuary, and the Spirit lives in youPurity
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 3:16, word by word
- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- you areἐστεeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- God’sθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- sanctuaryναὸςnaos
living temple
Jesus' body, or believers as God's house.
Where else “naos” appears- that the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- dwellsοἰκεῖoikei
dwell, live
Dwell, live in a place; also live with someone.
Where else “oikei” appears
The context
15If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but in this way, as through fire.
16 · This verse (above)
17If anyone destroys God’s sanctuary, God will destroy him; for God’s sanctuary is holy, and that is what you are.