And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said,
I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
All Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6:16 Go To 2 Corinthians 6
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The apostle here blames the too great affection the Corinthians had for the Gentiles, who sometimes invited them to their religious feasts, at which were eaten meats which had been offered to idols, and which gave scandal both to the Christians and Gentiles. To draw them from these feasts he tells them, that they are the temples of the Holy Spirit, and that consequently they ought not to make themselves the temples of devils, by eating of the sacrifices of devils. (Calmet)
St. Paul, in this and the foregoing verses, clearly shows that the faithful ought not to frequent, on any account, the tabernacles of those who have left the Church. In the old law, Moses was ordered to command the ancients of Israel, on the part of God, to depart from the tents of those wicked men, lest they be involved in their sins. (Numbers xvi. 27.)
