11 translations · Greek
2 Corinthians 6:16
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.”
2 Corinthians 6:16 in 11 translations
- WEB 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.”
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- ASV 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And what agreement to the temple of God with idols? For you are a temple 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 will be My people,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- What compromise could the 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 walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- YLT Young’s 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,
- DBY 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God saith: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τίς | tis | What | G5101 τίς which? |
| δὲ | de | — | G1161 δέ then |
| συνκατάθεσις | synkatathesis | agreement | G4783 συγκατάθεσις agreement |
| ναῷ | naō | the temple | G3485 ναός temple |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| μετὰ | meta | [can exist] between | G3326 μετά with/after |
| εἰδώλων | eidōlōn | [and] idols | G1497 εἴδωλον idol |
| ἡμεῖς | hēmeis | we | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ναὸς | naos | [the] temple | G3485 ναός temple |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἐσμεν | esmen | are | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ζῶντος | zōntos | of [the] living | G2198 ζάω to live |
| καθὼς | kathōs | As | G2531 καθώς as/just as |
| εἶπεν | eipen | has said | G2036 εἶπον to say |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ὅτι | hoti | — | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| Ἐνοικήσω | Enoikēsō | I will dwell | G1774 ἐνοικέω to dwell in/with |
| ἐν | en | with | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἐμπεριπατήσω | emperipatēsō | walk among [them] | G1704 ἐμπεριπατέω to walk in/among |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἔσομαι | esomai | I will be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| Θεός | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| αὐτοὶ | autoi | they | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἔσονταί | esontai | will be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| λαός | laos | people | G2992 λαός a people |
Related verses
- Revelation 21:3
I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
- Exodus 29:45
I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
- Hebrews 8:10
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
- Jeremiah 32:38
Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 37:26–27
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more. My tent also will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16–17
Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
- Ezekiel 11:20
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Zechariah 2:10–11
Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh. Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
14 Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
16 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.”
17 Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
Read all of 2 Corinthians 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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