Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own... I Corinthians 6:19
Consider a stone wall. When looking at the wall, we do not see individual stones. We see a unified wall. We are a wall of living stones-- framed and put together by God. What we do affects others. We are a wall growing into the holy temple of Christ. (Scripture references: Eph. 2:14-18, I Peter 2:4-5, Rev. 3:12, Mark 11:15-16)
We are not our own for we are:
- Responsible to God (Mark 11:15-16)
- Responsible to others (I Cor. 12: 24-26)
- Responsible for ourselves (I Cor. 6: 14-17)