NT scholars will sometimes point to these verses [1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19; 2 Cor. 6:16] by way of arguing that, for Paul, Jerusalem’s temple has been superseded by this new, spiritual “temple” of the Christian community. I argue the opposite: Paul praises the new community by likening it to something that he values supremely. If he valued the temple less, he would not use it as his touchstone. This is not an either/or situation: for Paul, God’s spirit dwells both in Jerusalem’s temple and in the “new temple” of the believer and of the community (Rom 9.4; cf. Matt 23.21). - Paula Fredricksen, “Judaizing the Nations,” 248; information in brackets added.