New Testament · Epistle
1 Corinthians 6:20
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For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
About 1 Corinthians 6:20
1 Corinthians 6:20 from 1 Corinthians speaks directly to Body As Temple, Body Modification, and Body Of Christ, offering wisdom drawn from the New Testament tradition. This passage in the epistle literature of Scripture is widely cherished by students and teachers alike.
Related Verses
- 1 Corinthians 6:19
“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?”
- Matthew 6:25
“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
- 1 Corinthians 15:44
“It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:17
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”
- 1 Corinthians 12:12
“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.”
How to Apply 1 Corinthians 6:20
Study 1 Corinthians 6:20 in context by reading the surrounding passage in 1 Corinthians. Identify one person in your life who might be encouraged by this verse on the theme of Body As Temple. Share it with them and open a conversation rooted in Scripture — sometimes the most practical application is passing the Word along.