till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in Christ.

Apollos and I are simply fellow workers for and with God, and you are *God's* field-- *God's* building.

For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, in so far as he who has built a house has higher honour than the house itself.

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If any one is marring the Sanctuary of God, him will God mar; for the Sanctuary of God is holy, which you all are.

And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, "I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people."

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But I tell you that there is here that which is greater than the Temple.

I thank my God, I say, for your cooperation in spreading the Good News, from the time it first came to you even until now.

We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.