Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
And what agreement does God’s sanctuary have with idols?
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be My people.
New American Standard Bible
Or
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And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
King James Version
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
International Standard Version
What agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
A Conservative Version
And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me.
American Standard Version
And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we 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 shall be my people.
Amplified
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said:
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
An Understandable Version
And what agreement is there between a temple of God and idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said [Lev. 26:12], "I will live in them and walk among them [i.e., among His people]; and I will be their God and they will be my people."
Anderson New Testament
What has a temple of God in common with one of idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Bible in Basic English
And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Common New Testament
What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, "I will dwell with, and walk among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Darby Translation
and what agreement of God's temple with idols? for ye are the living God's temple; according as God has said, I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be to me a people.
Godbey New Testament
And what harmony has the temple of God with idols? for we are the temple of the living God; as God said; I will live in them, and walk about among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Goodspeed New Testament
What bargain can a temple of God make with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, And I will be their God and they will be my people."
John Wesley New Testament
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? Now ye are the temple of the living God, as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
Julia Smith Translation
And what agreement to the temple of God with images? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God said, That I will dwell in them, and will go round about; and will be their God, and they shall be a people to me.
King James 2000
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And what agreement [does the] temple of God [have] with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk about [among them], and I will be their God and they will be my people."
Modern King James verseion
And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How agreeth the temple of God with images? And ye are the temple of the living God, as said God, "I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God: and they shall be my people."
Moffatt New Testament
What compact can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God ??as God has said, I will dwell and move among them, I will be their God and they shall be my people.
Montgomery New Testament
And what compact has God's temple with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, as he has said: I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
NET Bible
And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
New Heart English Bible
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For we 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."
Noyes New Testament
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God said: "I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
Sawyer New Testament
and what agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God; as God said, I will dwell in them, and I will walk in them, and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people.
The Emphasized Bible
And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For, we, are the shrine of a God, that liveth: - even as God hath said - will dwell in them, and walk, and will be their God, and, they, shall be my people.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
or what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will inhabit in them, and walk about in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be for me a people."
Twentieth Century New Testament
What agreement can thee be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the Living God. That is what God meant when he said--'I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Webster
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Weymouth New Testament
And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, "I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people."
Williams New Testament
And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people."
World English Bible
What 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."
Worrell New Testament
And what agreement has a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God, as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
Worsley New Testament
and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God: as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and I will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
Youngs Literal Translation
and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- 'I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Forbidden
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Unbecoming in those called saints
Children » Who are the children of God
Church » Temple of the living God
Communion » What cannot have communion together
Communion of saints » Opposed to communion with the wicked
Communion with God » Holiness essential to
Family » Who are members of the lord’s family
Holy spirit » Where the holy spirit dwells
the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit » In the body of saints, as his temple
Separation » Separating yourself from unclean things
Servants » Servants not being able to serve two masters
Service » What cannot be served together
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
Temple » Figurative » Of the indwelling of God
spiritual Temple » General references to
The First Temple » Illustrative of » The spiritual church
Interlinear
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 6:16
Prayers for 2 Corinthians 6:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Become Unevenly Yoked With Unbelievers
15
What agreement does Christ have with Belial?
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be My people.
and be separate, says the Lord;
do not touch any unclean thing,
and I will welcome you.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
Exodus 29:45
I will dwell
Jeremiah 31:33
“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Revelation 21:3
Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.
Jeremiah 32:38
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 11:20
so they may follow My statutes,
Ezekiel 37:26-27
I will make a covenant of peace with them;
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s sanctuary
1 Corinthians 6:19
Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary
Genesis 17:7-8
I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant
Exodus 20:3
Exodus 23:13
“Pay strict attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
Exodus 34:14
You are never to bow down to another god because Yahweh, being jealous
Deuteronomy 4:23-24
Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that He made with you, and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of anything He has forbidden you.
Deuteronomy 5:7
Deuteronomy 6:14-15
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you,
Joshua 24:14-24
“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth.
1 Samuel 7:3-4
Samuel told them, “If you
1 Kings 18:21
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions?
2 Kings 17:33-34
They feared the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods
2 Kings 21:4-5
He built altars in the Lord’s temple,
2 Kings 23:5-7
Then he did away with the idolatrous priests the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense at the high places
2 Chronicles 33:4-5
He built altars
Psalm 90:1
BOOK IV
(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
in every generation.
Jeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know Me,
Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.
Ezekiel 36:28
Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers;
Ezekiel 43:7
He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet,
Ezekiel 43:9
Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses
Hosea 2:23
and I will have compassion
on No Compassion;
I will say
You are My people,
and he will say, “You are My God.”
Hosea 14:8
to do with idols?
It is I who answer and watch over him.
I am like a flourishing pine tree;
your fruit comes from Me.
Zephaniah 1:5
to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;
Zechariah 2:10-11
“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
Zechariah 8:8
I will bring them back
Zechariah 13:9
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
Matthew 6:24
John 6:56
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, since
Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead
Romans 9:26
you are not My people,
there they will be called sons of the living God.
Ephesians 2:20
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Ephesians 3:17
and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
2 Timothy 1:14
Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ was faithful as a Son over His household. And we are that household if we hold on to the courage and the confidence of our hope.
Hebrews 8:10
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.
1 Peter 2:5
you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God.
1 John 4:15
Whoever confesses
1 John 5:20-21
And we know that the Son of God has come
Revelation 2:1
Revelation 21:7
The victor