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16. οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστέ; ‘Ναός, sanctuary, more sacred than ἱερόν; the Holy Place in which God dwells, ναίει.’ Wordsworth. Another view of the subject is now abruptly introduced. The figure in 1Co 3:10 is resumed, but is applied, not to the ministers, but to the people. As the teachers are to avoid unprofitable questions and seek ‘that which is good to the use of edifying,’ so the taught are to shun all that may do harm to the temple of God, that is the Church at large, for what is true of the individual (ch. 1Co 6:19) is true of the community. This figure of speech is a common one in the N. T. See 2Co 6:16; Eph 2:21-22; 1Ti 3:15; 2Ti 2:20; Heb 3:3; Heb 3:6; 1Pe 2:5.