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OET (OET-LV) Or not you_all_have_known that the body of_you_all, a_temple of_the in you_all holy spirit is, of_whom you_all_are_having from god?
And not you_all_are of_yourselves,
OET (OET-RV) Surely you all know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit who comes from God and lives within you. No, you don’t actually own yourselves
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
ἢ
or
The word Or introduces an alternate to what Paul speaks about in 6:18. Some people are indeed “sinning against their bodies.” Paul gives the correct alternative: they should know that their bodies are the “temple” of the Holy Spirit. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express Or with a word that signifies a contrast or gives an alternative. Alternate translation: “Rather,” or “On the other hand,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὸ σῶμα ὑμῶν, ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν Ἁγίου Πνεύματός ἐστιν, οὗ ἔχετε ἀπὸ Θεοῦ?
or not ˱you_all˲_/have/_known that the body ˱of˲_you_all /a/_temple ˱of˲_the in you_all Holy Spirit is ˱of˲_whom ˱you_all˲_/are/_having from God
Paul does not ask this question because he is looking for information. Rather, he asks it to involve the Corinthians in what he is arguing. The question assumes that the answer is “yes, we know.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind this question with a strong affirmation. Alternate translation: “You certainly know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have from God.”
Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
τὸ σῶμα ὑμῶν
the body ˱of˲_you_all
The word body is a singular noun that refers to multiple “bodies.” Paul makes this clear by using a plural your. If your language does not use singular nouns in that way, you can use a different expression. Alternate translation: “each of your bodies”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν Ἁγίου Πνεύματός
/a/_temple ˱of˲_the in you_all Holy Spirit
Here Paul speaks of the relationship between the believer and the Holy Spirit as if the believer were a temple and the Holy Spirit were the god that dwelled in that temple. In Paul’s culture, deities had specific temples, and they would be specially present to their worshipers in those temples. Paul applies this thinking to believers. Each believer is a temple, and the Holy Spirit is in each believer. This means that the Holy Spirit is specially present with each believer. This is a significant metaphor in the Bible so, if possible, preserve the metaphor or express the idea by using a simile. Alternate translation: “is a temple in which the Holy Spirit dwells”
οὗ ἔχετε ἀπὸ Θεοῦ
˱of˲_whom ˱you_all˲_/are/_having from God
Alternate translation: “whom God has given to you”
6:12-20 Paul gives several reasons why Christians must not engage in sexual immorality.
OET (OET-LV) Or not you_all_have_known that the body of_you_all, a_temple of_the in you_all holy spirit is, of_whom you_all_are_having from god?
And not you_all_are of_yourselves,
OET (OET-RV) Surely you all know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit who comes from God and lives within you. No, you don’t actually own yourselves
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.