Abstract
The idea of the temple motif is my focal point in this article, and
therefore, I am going to theorizeon the rhetorical question asked by
Paul in the first letter to the Corinthians: Ouk oidate hoti naos theou este
en humin oikei? “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that
God’s Spirit dwells in you?” (1 Cor 3:16). Did this question hold any
ethical implications for that congregation, and does it still have any
hermeneutical value for the faithful community in the postmodern
milieu in which they find themselves today?