1 Corinthians 3:17

If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

In Context

16Don’t you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?

18Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, they are wise, they should become a ‘fool,’ that they may become wise.

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Cross References

Psalms 79:1Heathen, O God, have come into your land, defiling your holy temple, and laying Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalms 99:9Exalt the Lord our God; bow down at his holy mountain. For holy is the Lord our God.

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 →

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