TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Greek Definitions

naos is defined as a dwelling place, inner sanctuary, holy of holies as in:

I Corinthians 6:19 “What?  Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have of God, and ye are not your own?”

Note: Another Greek word for temple is hieron defined as an edifice temple, sacred, edifice as in:

Matthew 21:12 “And Jesus went into the Temple of God…”

Matthew 27:45, 50-51, Mark 15:37-38 and Luke 23:44-46 “Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the spirit.  And, behold, the veil of the temple/hieron was rent in twain from top to bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;”

NOTE: In the synopsis accounts, you find the account of the curtain of the Holy of Holies rent in twain from top to bottom making it possible for all believers to enter directly into His Presence into the Holy of Holies.  This is made possible by Jesus’ “once and for all” blood sacrifice on the cross.  According to the definition of the word naos/temple that means a “dwelling place, inner sanctuary, Holy of Holies”, the believer’s body now becomes the dwelling place, inner sanctuary, Holy of Holies of the Holy Spirit.

THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN THE BODY OF EACH BELIEVER

John 2:19-21 “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple (naos), and in three days I will raise it up.  Then said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?  But Jesus spake of the temple (naos) of his body.”

Acts 7:48 “Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me?  Saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?”

Acts 17:24 “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.”

I Corinthians 3:16-17 “Know ye not that ye are the temple (naos) of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  If any man defile the temple (naos) of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple (naos) of God is holy, which temple (naos) ye are.”

I Corinthians 6:19-20 “What?  Know ye not that your body is the temple (naos) of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

II Corinthians 6:14-18 “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?  And what communion hath light with darkness?  And what concord hath Christ with Belial?  Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?  And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?  For ye are the temple (naos) 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.  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”

Ephesians 2:19-22 “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built

upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple (naos) in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation (katoiketerion a dwelling place, habitation) of God through the Spirit.”