until we all attain to unity in faith and to perfect knowledge of the Son of God, namely, to a mature manhood and to a perfect measure of Christ's moral stature;

for we belong to God as His fellow-workers; you belong to God as His field to be tilled, as His building to be built.

For just as the man who builds a house has greater glory than the house, by just so much is Jesus judged to be worthy of greater glory than Moses.

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If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is sacred to Him, and you are that temple.

And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people."

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But I tell you, there is something greater than the temple here!

for your cooperation in spreading the good news, from the first day you heard it until now.

By the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit we can be sure that we remain in union with Him and He in union with us.