1 Corinthians 6:19

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit that you received from God and that lives in you. You don't own yourselves.

Revised Standard Version
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ether knowe ye not how that youre bodyes are the temple of ye holy goost which is in you who ye have of God and how that ye are not youre awne?

Hebrew Names Version
Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Ruach HaKodesh which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

International Standard Version
You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,Romans 14:7-8; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 6:16;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

New Century Version
You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. So you do not belong to yourselves,

Update Bible Version
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? and you are not your own;

Webster's Bible Translation
What, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [which is] in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?

English Standard Version
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,

World English Bible
Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have from God?

Weymouth's New Testament
Or do you not know that your bodies are a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you--the Spirit whom you have from God?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether ye witen not, that youre membris ben the temple of the Hooli Goost, that is in you, whom ye han of God, and ye ben not youre owne?

English Revised Version
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Berean Standard Bible
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

Contemporary English Version
You surely know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God. You are no longer your own.

Amplified Bible
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?

American Standard Version
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Bible in Basic English
Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

Complete Jewish Bible
Or don't you know that your body is a temple for the Ruach HaKodesh who lives inside you, whom you received from God? The fact is, you don't belong to yourselves;

Darby Translation
Do ye not know that your body is [the] temple of the Holy Spirit which [is] in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own?

Etheridge Translation
Or, know you not that your body is the temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who dwelleth in you, (even) Him whom you have received from Aloha ? And you are not your own,

Murdock Translation
Or know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who abideth in you, whom ye have received from God? And ye are not your own.

King James Version (1611)
What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the holy Ghost which is in you, which yee haue of God, and ye are not your owne?

New Living Translation
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,

New Life Bible
Do you not know that your body is a house of God where the Holy Spirit lives? God gave you His Holy Spirit. Now you belong to God. You do not belong to yourselves.

New Revised Standard
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Knowe yee not, that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost, which is in you, whom ye haue of God? and yee are not your owne.

George Lamsa Translation
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that dwells within you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Knowe ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost [whiche is] in you, whom ye haue of God, and ye are not your owne?

Good News Translation
Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God;

Christian Standard Bible®
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,

King James Version
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?

Lexham English Bible
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?

Literal Translation
Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which you have from God, and you are not of yourselves?

Young's Literal Translation
Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost? Whom ye haue of God, and are not youre awne?

Mace New Testament (1729)
what! know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the holy spirit, which is in you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

New English Translation
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 King James Version
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?

Simplified Cowboy Version
Don't you know your body is the saddlebag for the Holy Ghost? You wouldn't throw God's great gift in the dirt and stomp on it, so don't do it to yourself either.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

Legacy Standard Bible
Or 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?

Contextual Overview

¹² Just because something is technically legal doesn't mean that it's spiritually appropriate. If I went around doing whatever I thought I could get by with, I'd be a slave to my whims. ¹³ You know the old saying, "First you eat to live, and then you live to eat"? Well, it may be true that the body is only a temporary thing, but that's no excuse for stuffing your body with food, or indulging it with sex. Since the Master honors you with a body, honor him with your body! ¹⁴God honored the Master's body by raising it from the grave. He'll treat yours with the same resurrection power. Until that time, remember that your bodies are created with the same dignity as the Master's body. You wouldn't take the Master's body off to a whorehouse, would you? I should hope not. ¹⁶There's more to sex than mere skin on skin. Sex is as much spiritual mystery as physical fact. As written in Scripture, "The two become one." Since we want to become spiritually one with the Master, we must not pursue the kind of sex that avoids commitment and intimacy, leaving us more lonely than ever—the kind of sex that can never "become one." There is a sense in which sexual sins are different from all others. In sexual sin we violate the sacredness of our own bodies, these bodies that were made for God-given and God-modeled love, for "becoming one" with another. Or didn't you realize that your body is a sacred place, the place of the Holy Spirit? Don't you see that you can't live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for? The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: 1 Corinthians 6:15, 1 Corinthians 6:16

your body: 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:21, Ephesians 2:22, 1 Peter 2:5

and ye: 1 Kings 20:4, 1 Chronicles 29:14, Psalms 12:4, Psalms 100:3, Romans 14:7-9, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Titus 2:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:13 - General Deuteronomy 7:6 - an holy Deuteronomy 26:17 - avouched 1 Kings 6:1 - build Psalms 22:23 - glorify Song of Solomon 4:12 - garden Song of Solomon 7:10 - my Isaiah 40:28 - thou not known Isaiah 43:21 - General Mark 12:17 - and to John 2:21 - temple John 5:23 - all men John 14:17 - but John 14:26 - Holy Ghost Acts 19:2 - We have Romans 6:3 - Know Romans 8:9 - if so be Romans 8:12 - we are Romans 15:16 - being 1 Corinthians 1:13 - Paul 1 Corinthians 3:9 - ye are God's building 1 Corinthians 3:23 - ye 1 Corinthians 6:9 - Know 1 Corinthians 6:13 - but for 2 Corinthians 8:5 - first 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Know 2 Corinthians 13:14 - the communion Philippians 2:1 - if any fellowship 2 Timothy 1:14 - which dwelleth Hebrews 3:6 - whose 1 John 3:24 - dwelleth 1 John 4:13 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."

Genesis 6:8
But Noah was different. God liked what he saw in Noah.

Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,.... What is said in 1 Corinthians 3:16 of the saints in general, is here said of their bodies in particular. The Holy Spirit, in regeneration and sanctification, when he begins the good work of grace on a man, takes possession of his whole person, soul and body, and dwells therein as in his temple. So the Jews o call the body of a righteous man משכן, the "habitation" of the Holy Spirit. Now it is most abominably scandalous and shameful that that body, which is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, which is sacred to him as a temple, should be defiled by the sin of fornication: it is added,

which is in you, which ye have of God; meaning the Holy Spirit which was in them, as in his temple; which dwelt in their hearts, and influenced their bodies, lives, and conversations; and which they received of God as a wonderful instance of his grace and love to them; that he should be bestowed upon them, to regenerate, renew, and sanctify them, to implant every grace, to make them a fit habitation for God, and meet for the inheritance of the saints in light:

and ye are not your own: their own masters, at their own dispose, to live to their own lusts, or the lusts of men; men have not power over their bodies to abuse them at pleasure by fornication, or such like uncleanness, neither single nor married persons; see 1 Corinthians 7:4 and of all men, not the saints, who are neither their own nor other men's, nor Satan's, but God's; not only by creation, but by choice and covenant; and Christ's by gift, by purchase, and powerful grace, and in a conjugal relation to him; wherefore fornication ill becomes them.

o R. Joseph Albo. apud Pocock. Not. in Pert. Mosis, p. 120, 121.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What! 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 by redemption; by a precious price paid; and we are bound, therefore, to devote ourselves, body, soul, and spirit, as he directs, to the glory of his name, not to the gratification of the flesh; see the note at Romans 14:7-8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 19. Your 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 employed in the service of God alone.

And ye are not your own? — Ye have no right over yourselves, to dispose either of your body, or any of its members, as you may think proper or lawful; you are bound to God, and to him you are accountable.