1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Your Body Is the Temple of the Holy Spirit | KJV
Week 4 · Day 23-2 · 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV “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? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” — 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV The exclamation 'What?' that opens verse 19 in the King James Version is Paul's expression of astonishment that the Corinthian believers could engage in sexual immorality while carrying within them the most sacred presence in the universe — the Holy Spirit of God. In the Old Testament economy, God's presence dwelt in a specific location: first the tabernacle in the wilderness, then the temple in Jerusalem. The holy of holies was the place where God's glory resided, accessible only to the high priest and only once per year on the Day of Atonement. No ordinary Israelite could approach this place directly. The presence of God was real but localized,...