And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

For it pleased [the Father that] in Him all the fullness should dwell,

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;

a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord set up, and not man.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

And what union is there for the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God has said: "I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

you also, as living stones, are being built [into] a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.