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To: kosciusko51

‘Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.’


108 posted on 07/30/2018 10:47:02 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MHGinTN

Some of have a bigger temple. ;-)


110 posted on 07/30/2018 10:50:13 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: MHGinTN
If this refers to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, proper grammatical hermeneutics tell us that the body (singular) in view is the whole local assembly of Christians at Corinth (your, 2nd person plural): ". . . a(being anarthrous, not "the") temple(singular) of The Holy Ghost in you(dative, plural), which(referring to the body as singular) ye_have(verb, 2nd person plural) from God, and ye_are(verb, 2nd person plural) not yourownselves (reflexive pronoun, plural)? For ye_are_bought-with(verb, aorist tense, passive voice, 2nd person plural) a price(anarthrous), therefore glorify The God in the body(articulate, singular) of_you-all(genitive, plural). and in The Spirit(articulate, singular) ofpertaining to_you-all(genitive, plural), whichsame ones (body, Spirit) areeach (verb, 3rd person singular) ofbelonging to The God(articulate, genitive, singular)."

I am not picking on you, MHGinTN; just a supportive correction to a verse that is very commonly misinterpreted as referring to an individual. The individual's possession of the indwelling Holy Spirit arguably does not make him/her a temple of the Spirit; rather, a residence of Him in a stone which congregated with other like-Indwelt stones, when gathered in The Name of The Christ, is assembled into a Temple of the Spirit for the purpose of worshipping The God in The Spirit.

I hope this makes sense to you. It is not a criticism, just an observation not meant to hurt the esteemed companionship with you in the Lord.

202 posted on 07/31/2018 6:54:27 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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