2 Corinthians 6:15-17

The Temple of the Living God

15 c What accord has Christ with Belial? 1 Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?

16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For d we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
e "I will make my dwelling among them and f walk among them,
and g I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore h go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:21
    You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
  2. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:22
    In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
    1 Corinthians 3:16
    Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:12
    And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
    Exodus 29:45
    I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.
  4. Cross References
    Revelation 2:1
    To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: 'The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
    Revelation 21:3
    And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 6:7
    I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
    Jeremiah 31:33
    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    Ezekiel 11:20
    That they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:12
    And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:11
    Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unc...
    2 Corinthians 7:1
    Since we have these promises, beloved, let us c...
    Ezekiel 20:34
    I will bring you out from the peoples and gathe...
    Ezekiel 20:41
    As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I b...
    Zephaniah 3:20
    At that time I will bring you in, at the time w...
    Revelation 18:4
    Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, ...
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:11
    Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
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