1 Corinthians 3:17
If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy this man, for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16Know ye not that ye are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Cross References
Exodus 3:5And he said, Do not draw near here. Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou stand is holy ground.
Leviticus 20:3I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
Psalms 79:1O God, the nations have come into thine inheritance. They have defiled thy holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psalms 99:9Exalt ye LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill. For LORD our God is holy.
Ezekiel 5:11Therefore, as I live, says lord LORD, surely, because thou have defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore I also will diminish [thee], nor shall my eye spare. And I also will ha
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:17-18
Holiness Prescribed. ( a. d. 57.) 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Here the apostle resumes his argument and exhortation, founding it on his former allusion, You are God's building, v. 9 , and here, Know you not that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile (corrupt and destroy) the temple of God, him… Read the whole commentary →