God’s Temple and God’s Wisdom

(Romans 12:1–8; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20)

16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in[fn] you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, [and] you are [that temple].

18 {Let} no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. [As] it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”[fn] 20 And again, “[The] Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[fn]

21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas[fn] or [the] world or life or death or the present or the future. All [of them] belong to you, 23 and you [belong to] Christ, and Christ [belongs to] God.