1 Corinthians 6:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἢ; οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὸ σῶμα ὑμῶν ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν Ἁγίου Πνεύματός ἐστιν, οὗ ἔχετε ἀπὸ Θεοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐστὲ ἑαυτῶν;

Transliteration

Or not oidate that the sōma of you naos of the in you Hagiou Pneumatos estin, which you echete from Theou, and not you este of heautōn?

Grammar Details

*Ē*: disjunctive particle - or
*ouk oidate*: negative + perfect indicative, 2nd plural - you do not know
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*to sōma*: nominative, neuter, singular - the body
*hymōn*: genitive, 2nd plural, personal pronoun - of you
*naos*: nominative, masculine, singular - temple/sanctuary
*tou en hymin*: genitive, neuter, singular + preposition + dative, 2nd plural - of the in you
*Hagiou Pneumatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - Holy Spirit
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
*hou*: relative pronoun, genitive, neuter, singular - which
*echete*: present indicative, active, 2nd plural - you have
*apo*: preposition + genitive - from
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God
*kai*: conjunction - and
*ouk este*: negative + present indicative, 2nd plural - you are not
*heautōn*: genitive, reflexive pronoun, 2nd plural - of yourselves

Word Meanings

*naos*: temple/sanctuary/shrine
*Hagiou Pneumatos*: Holy Spirit/Divine Breath
*echete*: have/possess/receive

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 3:16 : 16 Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
1 Pet 2:5 : 5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Eph 2:21-22 : 21 in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
John 2:21 : 21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself. 8 For whether {G5037} we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether {G5037} we live therefore, or {G5037} die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ {G2532} died and {G450} {G2532} lived [again], that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
1 Kgs 20:4 : 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine, and all that I have.
Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
1 Cor 6:15-16 : 15 Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid. 16 Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become {G1519} one flesh.
2 Cor 5:15 : 15 and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
1 Chr 29:14 : 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Ps 100:3 : 3 Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: Who is lord over us?

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