But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Parallel translations
- KJV But he spake of the temple of his body.
- BSB But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
- NKJV But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
- NASB But He was speaking about the temple of His body.
- NLT But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body.
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- The Temple & God's Presence"He was speaking about the temple of his body."
Cross-references · 9
- 1 Cor 6:19Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
- 1 Cor 3:16Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
- Heb 8:2a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
- Col 2:9For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,
- Col 1:19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
- Eph 2:20–22being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
- 2 Cor 6:16What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you 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 will be my people.”
- John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 1 Pet 2:4–5coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
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