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."

In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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The king of Israel replied, "It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you."

"But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.

They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"

Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

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the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me."

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.