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Forγὰρyou were boughtἠγοράσθητεat a price.τιμῆςSoδὴglorifyδοξάσατεGodτὸν θεὸνinἐνyourὑμῶνbody.τῷ σώματι
1 Corinthians 6:20
Study it in the app“For you were bought at a price. So glorify God in your body.”
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 6:20, word by word
- you were boughtἠγοράσθητεēgorasthēte
redeem
To pay the price to rescue someone.
Where else “ēgorasthēte” appears- at a priceτιμῆςtimēs
price
What is paid for something.
Where else “timēs” appears- Soδὴdē
indeed, then
A particle that adds force: "then", "indeed", "certainly".
Where else “dē” appears- glorifyδοξάσατεdoxasate
glorify
Glorify: honor, give glory.
Where else “doxasate” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- bodyσώματιsōmati
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmati” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts add: “and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
The context
19Or 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?
20 · This verse (above)