1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 3:16–17
16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells inb you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Footnotes
- b 3:16 Or among
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 Corinthians 3:16
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you not know | οἴδατε | oidate | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| you yourselves are | ἐστε | este | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| temple | ναὸς | naos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3485 a temple, shrine |
| and that | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| Spirit | Πνεῦμα | Pneuma | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4151 wind, breath, spirit |
| dwells | οἰκεῖ | oikei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3611 I inhabit, dwell |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
1 Corinthians 3:17
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | εἴ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| anyone | τις | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| destroys | φθείρει | phtheirei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5351 I corrupt, spoil, destroy |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| temple | ναὸν | naon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3485 a temple, shrine |
| God | Θεός | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| will destroy | φθερεῖ | phtherei | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5351 I corrupt, spoil, destroy |
| him | τοῦτον | touton | Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| for | γὰρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| temple | ναὸς | naos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3485 a temple, shrine |
| is | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| holy | ἅγιός | hagios | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G40 set apart, holy, sacred |
| you | ὑμεῖς | hymeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| are | ἐστε | este | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Corinthians 3:16 1 Corinthians 6:19 · Ezekiel 36:27 · 2 Corinthians 6:16 · Romans 8:11 · Ephesians 2:21–22 · Romans 8:9 · John 14:17 · 1 Peter 2:5 · 2 Timothy 1:14 · 1 John 4:15–16 · Hebrews 3:6 · 1 John 4:12
1 Corinthians 3:17 1 Corinthians 6:18–20 · Ezekiel 43:12 · Ezekiel 7:22 · Numbers 19:20 · Ezekiel 23:38–39 · Ezekiel 5:11 · Psalm 79:1 · Leviticus 20:3 · Leviticus 15:31 · Isaiah 64:11 · Exodus 3:5 · Psalm 99:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.