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Themelios: Volume 41, No. 3, December 2016 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The new editorial team, led by D. A....

temple fits in the Bible’s storyline richly enhances what “your body is a temple” means in v. 19a.11 It is unthinkable to indulge in pornography in the Most Holy Place. But now your physical body is the Most Holy Place. So don’t defile it. Keep it pure because it is sacred space. The final line (v. 20b) concludes vv. 18c–20 as well as the whole passage: “glorify God in your body.” So here’s one way to summarize Paul’s main argument in vv. 12–20 in one sentence: Glorify God with your body by not committing
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