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2 Corinthians 6

2 Cor. 6:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
what
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
agreement
sugkatathesis (Greek #4783)
a deposition (of sentiment) in company with, i.e. (figuratively) accord with
KJV usage: agreement.
Pronounce: soong-kat-ath'-es-is
Origin: from 4784
hath the temple
naos (Greek #3485)
a fane, shrine, temple
KJV usage: shrine, temple. Compare 2411.
Pronounce: nah-os'
Origin: from a primary ναίω (to dwell)
of God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
with
meta (Greek #3326)
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than 4862)
KJV usage: after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, + follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting, since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.
Pronounce: met-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition (often used adverbially)
idols
eidolon (Greek #1497)
an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
KJV usage: idol.
Pronounce: i'-do-lon
Origin: from 1491
? for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
ye
humeis (Greek #5210)
you (as subjective of verb)
KJV usage: ye (yourselves), you.
Pronounce: hoo-mice'
Origin: irregular plural of 4771
c are
este (Greek #2075)
ye are
KJV usage: be, have been, belong.
Pronounce: es-teh'
Origin: second person plural present indicative of 1510
the temple
naos (Greek #3485)
a fane, shrine, temple
KJV usage: shrine, temple. Compare 2411.
Pronounce: nah-os'
Origin: from a primary ναίω (to dwell)
of the living
zao (Greek #2198)
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Pronounce: dzah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
; as
kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
hath said
epo (Greek #2036)
to speak or say (by word or writing)
KJV usage: answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: ep'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from 2046, 4483, and 5346)
, Ia will dwell
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
enoikeo (Greek #1774)
to inhabit (figuratively)
KJV usage: dwell in.
Pronounce: en-oy-keh'-o
Origin: from 1722 and 3611
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
walk in
emperipateo (Greek #1704)
to perambulate on a place, i.e. (figuratively) to be occupied among persons
KJV usage: walk in.
Pronounce: em-per-ee-pat-eh'-o
Origin: from 1722 and 4043
them; and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
I will be
esomai (Greek #2071)
will be
KJV usage: shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
Pronounce: es'-om-ahee
Origin: future of 1510
their
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
they
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
shall be
esomai (Greek #2071)
will be
KJV usage: shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
Pronounce: es'-om-ahee
Origin: future of 1510
my
moi (Greek #3427)
to me
KJV usage: I, me, mine, my.
Pronounce: moy
Origin: the simpler form of 1698
people
laos (Greek #2992)
a people (in general; thus differing from 1218, which denotes one's own populace)
KJV usage: people.
Pronounce: lah-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
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1 Cor. 3:16‑17• 16Know ye not that ye are God's temple, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 17If anyone destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, the which ye are. (1 Cor. 3:16‑17)
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1 Cor. 6:19• 19What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that [is] in you, and that ye are not your own? (1 Cor. 6:19)
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Eph. 2:21‑22• 21in whom all the building fitted together increaseth unto a holy temple in [the] Lord,
 22in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God in [the] Spirit. (Eph. 2:21‑22)
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Ex. 29:45•  (Ex. 29:45)
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Lev. 26:12•  (Lev. 26:12)
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Jer. 31:1,33•  (Jer. 31:1,33)
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Jer. 32:38•  (Jer. 32:38)
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Ezek. 11:20•  (Ezek. 11:20)
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Ezek. 36:28•  (Ezek. 36:28)
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Ezek. 37:26‑27•  (Ezek. 37:26‑27)
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Zech. 8:8•  (Zech. 8:8)

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God,
Idolatry,
The Temple

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 20:3•  (Ex. 20:3)
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Ex. 23:13•  (Ex. 23:13)
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Ex. 34:14•  (Ex. 34:14)
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Deut. 4:23‑24•  (Deut. 4:23‑24)
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Deut. 5:7•  (Deut. 5:7)
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Deut. 6:14‑15•  (Deut. 6:14‑15)
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Josh. 24:14‑24•  (Josh. 24:14‑24)
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1 Sam. 7:3‑4•  (1 Sam. 7:3‑4)
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1 Kings 18:21•  (1 Kings 18:21)
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2 Kings 17:33‑34•  (2 Kings 17:33‑34)
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2 Kings 21:4‑5•  (2 Kings 21:4‑5)
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2 Kings 23:5‑7•  (2 Kings 23:5‑7)
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2 Chron. 33:4‑5•  (2 Chron. 33:4‑5)
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Ezek. 36:25•  (Ezek. 36:25)
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Hos. 14:8•  (Hos. 14:8)
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Zeph. 1:5•  (Zeph. 1:5)
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Matt. 6:24• 24{i}No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.{/i} (Matt. 6:24)
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1 John 5:20‑21• 20And we know that the Son of God came, and hath given to us understanding that we should know the true one; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal.
 21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:20‑21)
ye are.
1 Cor. 3:16‑17• 16Know ye not that ye are God's temple, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 17If anyone destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, the which ye are. (1 Cor. 3:16‑17)
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1 Cor. 6:19• 19What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that [is] in you, and that ye are not your own? (1 Cor. 6:19)
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Eph. 2:20• 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-stone, (Eph. 2:20)
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Heb. 3:6• 6but Christ as Son over his house, whose house are we if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of the hope firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:6)
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1 Peter 2:5• 5yourselves also as living stones are being builded up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)
I will dwell.
Ex. 29:45•  (Ex. 29:45)
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Lev. 26:12•  (Lev. 26:12)
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Psa. 90:1•  (Psa. 90:1)
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Ezek. 43:7,9•  (Ezek. 43:7,9)
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Zech. 2:10‑11•  (Zech. 2:10‑11)
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John 6:56• 56He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me and I in him. (John 6:56)
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Rom. 8:9,11• 9Ye however are not in flesh but in Spirit, if so be God's Spirit dwell in you. But if anyone has not Christ's Spirit, he is not of him.
 11But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus out of [the] dead dwell in you, he that raised Christ out of [the] dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Rom. 8:9,11)
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Eph. 3:17• 17that the Christ may dwell through faith in your hearts, (Eph. 3:17)
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2 Tim. 1:14• 14The good thing entrusted keep through [the] Holy Spirit that dwelleth in us. (2 Tim. 1:14)
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1 John 4:12,15• 12No one hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love hath been perfected in us.
 15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. (1 John 4:12,15)
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Rev. 21:3• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God {i}is{/i} with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. (Rev. 21:3)
I will be.
Gen. 17:7‑8•  (Gen. 17:7‑8)
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Jer. 24:7•  (Jer. 24:7)
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Jer. 31:33•  (Jer. 31:33)
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Jer. 32:38•  (Jer. 32:38)
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Ezek. 11:20•  (Ezek. 11:20)
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Ezek. 36:28•  (Ezek. 36:28)
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Ezek. 37:26‑27•  (Ezek. 37:26‑27)
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Hos. 2:23•  (Hos. 2:23)
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Zech. 8:8•  (Zech. 8:8)
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Zech. 13:9•  (Zech. 13:9)
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Rom. 9:26• 26and “It shall be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of [the] living God.” (Rom. 9:26)
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Heb. 8:10• 10Because this [is] the covenant which I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah, giving my laws into their mind, I will also write them upon their hearts, and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for people. (Heb. 8:10)
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Rev. 21:7• 7He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be God to him, and he shall be a son to me. (Rev. 21:7)
• Lastly he closes with their joint place as God's temple, contrasted with idols. Thus all that forms the life outward and inward is embraced so as to exclude alliance with the world and claim the saints wholly for Christ apart from the world. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:14-16” by W. Kelly)
• It is not here said that the body of the saint is the temple of God, as we see in 1 Cor. 6, but that the saints are His temple. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:17-18” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and what agreement of God’s templee with idols? for *ye* are the living God’s templee; according as God has saidf, I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be to me a people.

JND Translation Notes

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Naos. see 1 Cor. 9.13.
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See Lev. 26.11-12.

W. Kelly Translation

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and what agreement for God’s temple with idols? For ye area [the] living God’s temple, even as God said, I will dwell and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

WK Translation Notes

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Some good witnesses read "we are." The T. R. reads "ye are."