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| • The third metaphor is often misunderstood. Many preachers have preached on this passage, using it to preach against smoking and overeating. Those are bad habits, but that’s not what Paul is talking about here (although he does make this statement in chapter 6). Here the local body of believers, when they are together, is the temple of God’s Holy Spirit. We can actually destroy God’s temple by our quarreling. • It’s amazing that Paul, a devout Jew, would be so transformed by Jesus that he could call a group of mostly Gentile Christians, the new temple of God! |
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