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NASB | 1 Corinthians 6:19 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? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 6:19 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]? |
Bible Question: I am being bothered by one who keeps bombarding me with doubt, I am a smoker, I keep praying for its removal, but this person keeps hitting me with temple of the Holy Spirit speach over and over. Tell me what he is getting at? |
Bible Answer: Dear Kagey; I am glad to hear of your desire to stop smoking. God is willing to take away that desire. You stated that a certain individual is bombarding you with "temple of the Holy Spirit" speech. The person most likely is quoting from 1 Cor 6:19-20 where God's written word says: 1 Cor. 6:19 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? 1 Cor. 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. What the individual is probably getting at is: For the believing, born-again Christian, our bodies have become the residence of God's Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit indwells each believer. Therefore since God indwells our bodies, they can be rightly called temples. Therefore the idea of a temple is to be a place where there is nothing impure, or where nothing that pollutes that temple is allowed. Many people believe that smoking pollutes the body. Even doctors, and labels on cigarette packs issue warnings of the dangers of smoking. I personally know individuals who once having become born-again believers in Christ Jesus, have prayed and asked God to deliver them from the desire to smoke. And in time God has answered their prayer requests, and delivered them from their smoking habits. So if you are truly sincere in your desire to quit smoking, continue to pray that God would give you the power to stop. God Bless you New Creature |
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