2 Corinthians 6:16 - No agreement for the temple of God with idols?

Does 2 Corinthians 6:16 object to the need for deliverance for those who have been believers in the past?

2 Corinthians 6:16: "And what agreement (is there for the) TEMPLE (of) GOD with IDOLS? For you are (the) TEMPLE (of the) living GOD, just-as God said, that “I-will-dwell in them, and I-will-walk-among (them), and I-will-be their God, and they will-be My people”."

Deliverance for believers?

It is written: "what agreement (is there for the) TEMPLE (of) GOD with IDOLS? For you are (the) TEMPLE (of the) living GOD" (2 Corinthians 6:16).

Could this mean that it would be impossible for "IDOLS" (2 Corinthians 6:16) to ever find themselves in the "TEMPLE (of) GOD" (2 Corinthians 6:16), and so imply that unclean spirits would also never find themselves in the "TEMPLE (of the) living GOD" (2 Corinthians 6:16), which "you are" (2 Corinthians 6:16)?

In the Scriptures it is recorded that foreign gods and idols could sometimes be found in the temple of God, and so they needed to be removed, as for example "Manasseh" (2 Chronicles 33:13) "removed the foreign gods and the carved [image] out of [the] HOUSE of the LORD" (2 Chronicles 33:15).

The "HOUSE of the LORD" (2 Chronicles 33:15) would be the "TEMPLE (of) GOD" (2 Corinthians 6:16), as for example it is written that Jesus threw robbers out of the temple, and then referred to the temple as the HOUSE of the LORD, as it is written: "Jesus entered into the temple. And He-threw-out all the (ones) selling and buying in the temple" (Matthew 21:12), "And He-says (to) them, “It-has-been-written: ‘My HOUSE shall-be-called (a) HOUSE (of) prayer’. But you are-making it (a) den (of) robbers”." (Matthew 21:13). Jesus was referring to Isaiah 56, where "My HOUSE" is the HOUSE belonging to the LORD, as it is written: "My HOUSE will be called a HOUSE of prayer for all the nations, says the LORD" (Isaiah 56:7-8).

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