KJV King James Version
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
WEB World English Bible
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
ASV American Standard Version
And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said—‘I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,
Surrounding context — 2 Corinthians 6
13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto [my] children,) be ye also enlarged.
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
τίςG5101 · tiswhich?δὲG1161 · dethenσυγκατάθεσιςG4783 · sugkatathesisagreementναῷG3485 · naostempleθεοῦG2316 · theosGodμετὰG3326 · metawith/afterεἰδώλων;G1497 · eidōlonidolἡμεῖςG3165 · memeγὰρG1063 · garforναὸςG3485 · naostempleθεοῦG2316 · theosGodἐσμενG1510 · eimito beζῶντος,G2198 · zaōto liveκαθὼςG2531 · kathōsas/just asεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐνοικήσωG1774 · enoikeōto dwell in/withἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongαὐτοῖςG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐμπεριπατήσω,G1704 · emperipateōto walk in/amongκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔσομαιG1510 · eimito beαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heθεὸςG2316 · theosGodκαὶG2532 · kaiandαὐτοὶG846 · autosit/s/heἔσονταίG1510 · eimito beμουG3165 · memeλαός.G2992 · laosa people
Cross-references
Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.Exodus 29:45And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.Hebrews 8:10For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:Leviticus 26:12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.Jeremiah 32:38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:Ezekiel 37:26-27Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.1 Corinthians 3:16-17Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?Ezekiel 11:20That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.Jeremiah 31:33But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.Zechariah 2:10-11Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 24:7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.1 Corinthians 6:19What? 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?Hosea 2:23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [them which were] not my people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.Revelation 21:7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.1 John 4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.Zechariah 8:8And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.
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