1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Paul reminds us that our body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit
Study it word by word19Or 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?
20For you were bought at a price. So glorify God in your body.
In its context
17But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him.
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.
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Its words in the original
- οἴδατεoidate· know
Know, understand; also see.
- σῶμαsōma· body
Body.
- ναὸςnaos· sanctuary
Sanctuary: the house of God within the temple.
- ἁγίουhagiou· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- πνεύματόςpneumatos· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- ἔχετεechete· have
Have, possess, hold.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ἠγοράσθητεēgorasthēte· buy
Buy.
- τιμῆςtimēs· honor, price
Price; also honor.
- δοξάσατεdoxasate· glorify
Glorify: honor, give glory.
- δὴdē· indeed, then
A particle that adds force: "then", "indeed", "certainly".