1 Corinthians

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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 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]?

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Bible Question: why does the bible say the body is the temple of god

Bible Answer: The Temple or Tabernacle was the place where God�s special Presence was. It was highly protected because for man to get too close he would die. God is Holy and we are not.
The reason for the Temple was for people to have the ability to draw near to God safely. Also, God desires to dwell among His people. In the first verses of Leviticus we learn that �if a man desires� to draw near to God this is how�. It is up to us to desire to draw near and Psalm 84 is a good Psalm to read about what that experience may have been like. �My soul yearns and even faints for your courts.�
�Now a people who were once far off are now brought near.� The apostle Paul (Eph 2:13). Even Gentiles are able to draw near to God, but how if they are nowhere near the Temple, and what about us in our day with no Temple?
On the day of Pentecost the Spirit came with power as a symbol of a flame, the symbol of God�s presence. Remember in Exodus, God�s presence led them by fire at night and a cloud by day. Pentecost was a festival that particularly remembered the giving of the Ten Commandments where the people saw God�s voice (yes, �saw His voice�). This was the time and place when, not only did they receive the Ten Commandments, but the Law and the Tabernacle instructions.
In Acts, at the very start of that Festival that remembers the time God�s Presence descended on the mountain and the giving of the Law, the Spirit comes as a flame onto each disciple. This is significant in that the dwelling of God is now present within the children of God. Even though we are still in This World of sin and death, we have a place in the Age to Come on account of Jesus actively serving as the High Priest in that venue. Prior to his sacrifice and service, the Spirit could not come in this manner (I wish I could explain why more clearly, but Jesus does say that the Spirit �cannot come� unless He ascends.)
Therefore, with the Spirit dwelling in us (in some mystical way) we are collectively the Temple of God. Would you bring shrine prostitutes into the Temple on earth? NO!, Then do not with your own body. Would you contaminate the Temple by treating it poorly, harshly, disrespectfully? No! Then treat your body well.
I�m sure in years to come I will understand better. Maybe others can elaborate or know more clearly?

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