1 Corinthians 3:17

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

16Do not 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, he is a wise man, let him become a ‘fool,’ that 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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