1 Corinthians 6:19 (WEB)
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
As quoted in the map (KJV)
1 Corinthians 6:19 (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?
Key words
- ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν ἁγίου πνεύματοςnaos tou en hymin hagiou pneumatos · Greek
- 'the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you' — the believer's body as a sanctuary.
Why it matters
The Christian's body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Pitre ends the Ark chapter with this verse (p 65): Jesus died and rose so that every person's body can be transformed by grace into a temple, and Mary's Assumption shows that bodily resurrection and ascension into heaven are not for Jesus alone but for us too.