John 2:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

But he was speaking of the temple of his body.

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  • 1 Cor 6:19 : 19 What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own?
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
  • 1 Cor 3:16 : 16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
  • Col 2:9 : 9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
  • Heb 8:2 : 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.
  • 1 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
  • Col 1:19 : 19 For it pleased the Father that in him all fullness should dwell;

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    16 And he said to those who sold doves, Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of merchandise.

    17 Then his disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has consumed me.

    18 So the Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show to us, since you do these things?

    19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

    20 Then the Jews said, It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?

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    22 Therefore, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

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    6 But I say to you, that in this place is one greater than the temple.

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