1 Corinthians 6:18-20
What is written? (ESV)
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 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, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
What does it say?
Run away from sexual immorality. All other sin you commit is outside of your body, but committing sexually immorality sins against your own body. Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit that’s within you who God gave you? You are not your own since you were bought with a price. Therefore, use your body to glorify God.
What is its immediate context?
Paul is addressing the brethren of Corinth that are relatively new to the faith. He lists several sinful practices of the “unrighteous” (vss 9-10) – practices that some in Corinth had taken part of but had turned from them in their conversion. He turns to focus specifically on sexual immorality, stating, “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.” (vs 13)
How 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 is applied across Bible answers
Where is the Holy Spirit dwelling today?
Paul states that the Christian's body is the temple (dwelling) of the Holy Spirit given by God, the Father.
In this context, the “body” is the individual Christian’s body (not the “body” in terms of the church, Christ’s body).
