1 Corinthians 6:19

1 Corinthians 6:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
• New King James Version (NKJV)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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,

Context of 1 Corinthians 6:19

17But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

1 Corinthians 6:19 word by word

ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὸ σῶμα ὑμῶν ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν ἁγίου πνεύματός ἐστιν οὗ ἔχετε ἀπὸ θεοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐστὲ ἑαυτῶν;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whatἤē · orG2228
• know yeεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the templeναόςnaos · templeG3485
• of the Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• Ghostπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ye haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• your ownἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:19

• 1 Corinthians 6:15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
• 1 Corinthians 3:16Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
• 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
• Ephesians 2:21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
• 1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• 1 Kings 20:4The king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king. I and all I have are yours.”
• 1 Chronicles 29:14“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.
• Psalms 12:4those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
• Psalms 100:3Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
• Romans 14:7For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.
• 2 Corinthians 5:15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost - What an astonishing saying is this! As truly as the living God dwelt in the Mosaic tabernacle, and in the temple of Solomon, so truly does the Holy Ghost dwell in the souls of genuine Christians; and as the temple and all its utensils were holy, separated from all common and profane uses, and dedicated alone to the service of God, so the bodies of genuine Christians are holy, and all their members should be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19What! know ye not … - This is the fifth argument against this sin. The Holy Spirit dwells in us; our bodies are his temples; and they should not be defiled and polluted by sin; see the note at 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. As this Spirit is in us, and as it is given us by God, we ought not to dishonor the gift and the giver by pollution and vice. And ye are not your own - This is the sixth argument which Paul uses. We are purchased; we belong to God; we are his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 Some among the Corinthians seem to have been ready to say, All things are lawful for me. This dangerous conceit St. Paul opposes. There is a liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, in which we must stand fast. But surely a Christian would never put himself into the power of any bodily appetite. The body is for the Lord; is to be an instrument of righteousness to holiness, therefore is never to be made an instrument of sin. It is an honour…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20For Christians, the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (see study note on 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; compare 2 Corinthians 6:16). Sexual sin violates this sacred space and the divine presence. You are not your own: Christians cannot claim their bodies as their own because they have been bought with a high price, the blood of Christ (compare 1 Corinthians 7:23; Revelation 5:9). Christ has claimed every part of their lives for God’s glory (see Romans 14:7–9; 2…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. What? know ye not? &c.--Proof that "he that fornicates sinneth against his own body" (1Co 6:18). your body--not "bodies." As in 1Co 3:17, he represented the whole company of believers (souls and bodies), that is, the Church, as "the temple of God," the Spirit; so here, the body of each individual of the Church is viewed as the ideal "temple of the Holy Ghost." So Joh 17:23, which proves that not only the Church, but also each member of it, is "the…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 6:19

• Body
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• Holiness
• Holy Spirit
• Righteous
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings