Explain Bible

What does the Bible say about taking care of gods temple?

Bible Topic · WEB

The Bible teaches that God’s temple is holy and should be honored through reverent worship, obedient living, and faithful care for the people in whom He dwells. Under the old covenant, God commanded Israel to prepare a sanctuary for His presence and called for holiness among those who served Him (Exodus 25:8; 1 Kings 6:11-14). In Christ, the church is God’s dwelling place, built together as a holy temple (Ephesians 2:21-22; 1 Peter 2:5). Believers also belong to God bodily and spiritually, having been bought by Christ’s blood, so they are to glorify Him in their bodies (1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 12:1). This care flows from gratitude for grace, not an effort to earn salvation.

Top passages, ranked by readers

Rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY) · Scripture: World English Bible

  • 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

    [19] Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, [20] for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

    [16] Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? [17] If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16

    What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

  • Ephesians 2:21-22

    [21] in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; [22] in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

  • 1 Peter 2:5

    You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Romans 12:1

    Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1

    Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:27

    but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

  • 1 Kings 6:11-14

    [11] The word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying, [12] Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father. [13] I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. [14] So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

  • Exodus 25:8

    Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

Related topics

Go deeper

Ask Explain Bible AI about taking care of gods temple and get a fuller answer from a Reformed theological perspective.

Ask what the Bible says about taking care of gods temple