1 Corinthians 3:17
If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16Knowe ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Cross References
Exodus 3:5Then he saide, Come not hither, put thy shooes off thy feete: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Leviticus 20:3And I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people, because he hath giuen his children vnto Molech, for to defile my Sanctuarie, and to pollute mine holy Name.
1 Chronicles 29:3Moreouer, because I haue delite in the house of my God, I haue of mine owne golde and siluer, which I haue giuen to the house of my God, beside all that I haue prepared for the house of the Sanctuarie,
Psalms 79:1A Psalme committed to Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thine holy Temple haue they defiled, and made Ierusalem heapes of stones.
Psalms 99:9Exalt the Lord our God, and fall downe before his holy Mountaine: for the Lord our God is holy.
Ezekiel 5:11Wherefore, as I liue, saith the Lord God, Surely because thou hast defiled my Sanctuarie with all thy filthinesse, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also destroy thee, neither shall mine eye spare thee, neither will I haue any pitie.
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 →