1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
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In Context
16Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
Cross References
Exodus 3:5He said, "Do not come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
Leviticus 20:3I also will set my face against that person, 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 29:3In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since 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 79:1A Psalm by Asaph.God, the nations have come into your inheritance.They have defiled your holy temple.They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psalms 99:9Exalt the Lord, our God.Worship at his holy hill,for the Lord, our God, is holy!
Ezekiel 5:11"'Therefore as I live,' says the Lord God, 'surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, and I also will have no 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 →