Orἢdo you notοὐκknowοἴδατεthatὅτιyourὑμῶνbodyτὸ σῶμαisἐστινa sanctuaryναὸςof the Holyτοῦ ἁγίουSpiritπνεύματόςwho isinἐνyou,ὑμῖνwhomοὗyou haveἔχετεfromἀπὸGod,θεοῦandκαὶthat you areἐστὲnotοὐκyour own?ἑαυτῶν
1 Corinthians 6:19
Study it in the app“Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?”
Paul reminds us that our body is a sanctuary of the Holy SpiritThe Holy SpiritYour body is a sanctuary of the Spirit; you are not your ownPurity
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 6:19, word by word
- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- bodyσῶμαsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a sanctuaryναὸςnaos
living temple
Jesus' body, or believers as God's house.
Where else “naos” appears- of the Holyἁγίουhagiou
Holy Spirit
God's Spirit, who is his own and sets people apart for him.
Where else “hagiou” appears- Spiritπνεύματόςpneumatos
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appears- you haveἔχετεechete
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echete” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
18Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
19 · This verse (above)
20For you were bought at a price. So glorify God in your body.