John 2:21

Good News Translation

But the temple Jesus was speaking about was his body.

Cross References

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.

John 2:22

So when he was raised from death, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what Jesus had said.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Surely you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you!

1 Corinthians 6:19

Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God;

2 Corinthians 6:16

How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, “I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

Colossians 1:19

For it was by God's own decision that the Son has in himself the full nature of God.

Colossians 2:9

For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,

Hebrews 8:2

He serves as high priest in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the real tent which was put up by the Lord, not by human hands.