1 Corinthians 3:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 3:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 3:16 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 3:16 — KJV
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
— 1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 3:16 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 3:16
“And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:16: know, god, spirit
“And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:16: know, god, spirit
“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. in his...: Heb. before him”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:16: know, god, spirit
“As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:16: know, god, spirit
“Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 3:16: know, god, dwelleth
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