1 Corinthians 3:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ”

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Know ye not ... - The apostle here carries forward and completes the figure which he had commenced in regard to Christians. His illustrations had been drawn from architecture; and he here proceed...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (9) Continuing still in the metaphor of building, he teaches us that this ambition is not only vain, but...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Renewed Condemnation of Party Spirit. Paul has now reached a point where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has been speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiv...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Know ye not . This expression occurs twelve times in Paul's epistles. Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 5:6 ; 1 Corinthians 6:2 ; 1 Corinthians 6:3 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 Corinthians 6:15 1 Corinthia...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Know ye not, etc. Having admonished the teachers as to their duty, he now addresses himself to the pupils — that they, too, may take heed to themselves. To the teachers he had said, “Y...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1947 THE DANGER OF DEFILING GOD’S TEMPLE 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 . Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Ye are the temple of God - The apostle resumes here what he had asserted in 1 Corinthians 3:9 : Ye are God's...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Know ye not that ye are the temple, &c.— "I told you that ye are God's building, 1 Corinthians 3:9 . I now observe more than that;— Ye are the temple of God, in which his Spirit dwells." Ma...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Know ye not - It is no new thing I tell you, in calling you "God's building;" ye are the noblest of buil...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fault of Party Spirit The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their mutual jealousies and their disagree...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The temple of God. — From the thought of grand edifices in general the Apostle goes on to the particular case of a building which is not only splendid but “holy” — the temple of God — thus remindin...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple presentation of the C...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Build on the Sure Foundation 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 We are called upon to contribute our share to the building of saved souls which is rising through the ages, to be an habitation of God through...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's f...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which templ...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE TEMPLE OF GOD ‘Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and than the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?’ 1 Corinthians 3:16 Not only does the Holy Ghost come to convict of sin, not only do...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God ,.... The apostle having spoken of the saints as God's building, of himself as a wise master builder, of Christ as the only foundation, and of various doctr...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Ver. 16. Ye are the temple of God ] Not God's building only, as 1 Corinthians 3:9 , but his temple. A mud...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Know ye not , &c. As if he had said, You should also lake heed what doctrine you deliver, lest by teaching what is false, unimportant, or improper to be taught, you should defile or destroy the...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Holiness Prescribed. A. D. 57. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle, 1 Corinthians 3:9 , had called the church of Corinth, and the particular members of it, God's building; after this he had enlarged in a discourse concerning the builders, and the f...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and you are that...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 3:16 .— A temple (R.V.) misses, or denies, the typology binding Old Testament and New Testament together here. A case where, as often ( e.g . 1 Corinthians 11:20 ),...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 Consider the Offices of the Holy Ghost. I. It is the office of the Holy Ghost to effect such a change that the sinner may be described as born again and made a new man in Chris...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. The church at Corinth consisted of persons of large education and great abilitie...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:1 . Babes in Christ, like children at the breast, requiring to be fed with milk, and not with meat. Our great tutor here addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquenc...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? The two temples Two points comprehend the apostle’s teaching in this chapter. 1. The foundation of Chri...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 3:1-46 The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature. 1 Corinthians 3:1 I… could not speak unto you as unto spiritual. Though softened by the word breth...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:6 ; 1 Corinthians 6:16 ; 1 Corinthians 6:19 ; 1 Corinthians 6:2 ; 1 Corinthians 6:3 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 Corinthians 9:13 ; 1 Corinthians 9:24 ; 1 John 4:12 ; 1 John 4:15...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Carnal and Spiritual Christian 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the othe...
1 Corinthians 3:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye — All Christians. Are the temple of God — The most noble kind of building, 1 Corinthians 3:9 .

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes