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Ordinary Time · The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica · Year B

1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17

You Are God's Temple

November 9, 2027

Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini
Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1735Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Panini specialised in vast interiors painted with exact perspective, and filled them with tourists and clerics to give the scale.Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? Paul says the building is the people, which this painting makes you argue with.Giovanni Paolo PaniniA Roman painter of ruins and vast interiors, who taught perspective and supplied souvenirs to Grand Tourists.Norton Simon Museum, PasadenaAn industrialist's collection in Pasadena, assembled in two decades of aggressive buying and left as a museum.Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 2:13-22Jn 2:13-22
Second Reading1 Cor. 3:9c-11, 16-171 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17
First ReadingEzek. 47:1-2, 8-9, 12Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12
Responsorial PsalmPs. 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 (5)Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 (5)

Overview & Insights

"Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?" (1 Corinthians 3:16)

Paul calls the church God's field and God's building, with Jesus Christ as the one foundation that no one can replace. Because God's Spirit dwells among them, the community itself is a holy temple, and whoever destroys that temple will answer to God.

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Commentary

1 Corinthians 3: Wise Builders on the Foundation1 Cor 3: Wise Builders on the Foundation Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the chapter.

1 Corinthians 3 Commentary1 Cor 3 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of word studies and cross references on the one foundation and the temple of God.

1 Corinthians 3:9 Commentaries1 Cor 3:9 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on the church as God's building in one place.

1 Corinthians 3, Expository Notes1 Cor 3, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on Christ the foundation and the Spirit's temple.

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Agape Bible Study

A Catholic study of the feast's readings, tying the living temple of believers to the dedicated basilica.

Background & Word Study

Book of 1 Corinthians OverviewBook of 1 Cor Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of 1 Corinthians and its call to unity in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:9 Greek Interlinear1 Cor 3:9 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word with parsing for the passage on the temple of God.

The Church Fathers

Catena on 1 Corinthians 3Catena on 1 Cor 3 Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the foundation and the temple of the Spirit.

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