1 Corinthians 3:17
But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.
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In The King James Version
In Context
16Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?
Cross References
Exodus 3:5And he said: “Lest you should approach here, remove the shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy ground.”
Leviticus 20:3And I will set my face against him. And I will cut him down from the midst of his people, because he has given from his seed to Moloch, and he has contaminated my Sanctuary, and polluted my holy name.
1 Chronicles 29:3And in addition to these things that I have offered into the house of my God, I give, from my own belongings, gold and silver for the temple of my God, aside from those things that I have prepared for the holy shrine:
Psalms 79:1Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.
Ezekiel 5:11Therefore, as I myself live says the Lord God, because you have violated my sanctuary with all your offenses and with all your abominations, I also will break into pieces, and my eye will not be lenient, and I will not take pity.
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 →