Rather, he was telling the Corinthians that all together they were the temple of God, and that they were being built together into one dwelling place for his Spirit. Pagans had many temples, but the true God had only one. They were the “house,” the bayit that God had promised David—not just a structure but a lineage, a family. Paul’s focus was not on each person individually but rather on the body of believers as a whole.2
