6:16a What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols?

Can the temple of God have a mutual agreement with idols?
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⌊Another example:⌋ the temple of God and idols cannot make a mutually agreeable pact.

6:16b For we are the temple of the living God.

For we (incl.) are ⌊like⌋ the temple of the living God.
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For the living God dwells among/in us like he did in the temple.

6:16c As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them,

As God said ⌊long ago⌋, “I will live and move among them,
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That is what God meant when he said ⌊in the Scriptures⌋, “I will live in their midst and accompany them,

6:16d and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

I am the God that they will serve and I will make them my people.”
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and I will be ⌊like a father⌋ to them, and I will acknowledge that they belong to me.”

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