The Temple of the Living God
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q Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For r what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
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And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
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And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For s you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
t "I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people."
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Therefore
u "Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you."
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"I v will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My w sons and daughters,
Says the LORD Almighty."
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Therefore, a having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the LORD your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
Deuteronomy 7:3
Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.
Deuteronomy 22:10
You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
1 Corinthians 5:9
I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 5:2
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they ...
1 Samuel 5:3
And when the people of Ashdod arose early in th...
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "H...
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for be...
Ephesians 5:7
Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful work...
1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and...
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
1 Corinthians 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
Ephesians 2:21
In whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:45
I will dwell among the children of Israel and w...
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you ...
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with ...
Jeremiah 32:38
They shall be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 37:26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with t...
Ezekiel 37:27
My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I...
Zechariah 8:8
I will bring them back, And they shall dwell in...
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Cross References
Numbers 33:51 - 56
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan.
Isaiah 52:11
Depart! Depart! Go out from there, Touch no unclean thing; Go out from the midst of her, Be clean, You who bear the vessels of the LORD.
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
Jeremiah 31:1
"At the same time," says the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
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Cross References
John 1:12
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Galatians 4:5 - 7
To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Philippians 2:15
That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
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Cross References
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
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