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

Bible Comments

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 Corinthians 6:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 9:24.Romans 6:16; Romans 11:2. One other occurance is in James 4:4. It conveys. delicate reproach.

Know. App-133.

Temple. Greek. naos. See Matthew 23:16. There is no art. because naos is the predicate.

Spirit. The Holy Spirit. App-101.

in. among. App-104. The Spirit dwells in the shrine formed by the collective body of believers. Compare Ephesians 2:22.

1 Corinthians 3:16

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