King James Bible
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

American Standard Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

2 Corinthians 6:16 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

What agreement hath the temple of God with idols - Nothing could appear more abominable to a Jew than an idol in the temple of God: here, then, could be no agreement; the worship of the two is wholly incompatible. An idolater never worships the true God; a Christian never worships an idol. If ye join in idolatrous rites, it is impossible that ye should be Christians.

Ye are the temple of the living God - God intends to make the heart of every believer his own house.

I will dwell in them, and walk in them - The words are very emphatic: ενοικησω εν αυτοις· I will inhabit in them. I will not be as a wayfaring man, who turns aside to tarry as for a night, but I will take up my constant residence with them; I will dwell in and among them.

I will be their God - They shall have no other God, they shall have none besides me; and if they take me for their God, I will be to them all that an infinite, eternal, and self-sufficient Being can be to his intelligent offspring.

They shall be my people - If they take me for their God, their supreme and eternal Good, I will take them for my people; and instruct, enlighten, defend, provide for, support, and bless them, as if I had none else to care for in the creation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

what.

Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods...

Exodus 34:14 For you shall worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Deuteronomy 4:23,24 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image...

Deuteronomy 5:7 You shall have none other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 6:14,15 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you...

Joshua 24:14-24 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth...

1 Samuel 7:3,4 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to the LORD with all your hearts...

1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt you between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal...

2 Kings 17:33,34 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there...

2 Kings 21:4,5 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name...

2 Kings 23:5-7 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah...

2 Chronicles 33:4,5 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever...

Ezekiel 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Hosea 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree...

Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven on the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one...

1 John 5:20,21 And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true...

ye are.

1 Corinthians 3:16,17 Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you...

1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?

Ephesians 2:20 And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Hebrews 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we...

1 Peter 2:5 You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices...

I will dwell.

Exodus 29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

Leviticus 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

Psalm 90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.

Ezekiel 43:7,9 And he said to me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet...

Zechariah 2:10,11 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, see, I come, and I will dwell in the middle of you, said the LORD...

John 6:56 He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him.

Romans 8:9,11 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you...

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

2 Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed to you keep by the Holy Ghost which dwells in us.

1 John 4:12,15 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us...

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them...

I will be.

Genesis 17:7,8 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant...

Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God...

Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, said the LORD...

Jeremiah 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

Ezekiel 11:20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:28 And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 37:26,27 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them...

Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her that had not obtained mercy...

Zechariah 8:8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the middle of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God...

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried...

Romans 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people...

Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind...

Revelation 21:7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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