1 Corinthians 3:17

If someone is-ruining the temple of{the God}, the God will-ruin the-same, for the temple of{the God} is-being holy, the-who are-being you.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

16You-have_not_beheld that you-are-being [the] temple of{God} and the Spirit of{the God} is-housing in to{you}.

18No-one: be-deceiving/defrauding-out sameself. If someone is-esteeming to-be-being wise in to{you} in to{the eon, the-same}, [he:] be-become foolish, in-which-place he-may-become wise,

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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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