1 Corinthians 3:17
“If any man defile the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which Temple ye are.”
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1 Corinthians 3:17 Context
15If any mans worke shall bee burnt, he shall suffer losse: but he himselfe shall be saued: yet so, as by fire. 16Knowe yee not that yee are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17If any man defile the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which Temple ye are. 18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seemeth to bee wise in this world, let him become a foole, that he may be wise. 19For the wisedome of this world is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, Hee taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 3:17
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
- King James Version
If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.
- Basic English Bible
If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.
- Darby Bible
If any man defileth the temple of God, him will God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
- Webster's Bible
If any one is marring the Sanctuary of God, him will God mar; for the Sanctuary of God is holy, which you all are.
- Weymouth Bible
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
- World English Bible
And if ony defoulith the temple of God, God schal leese hym; for the temple of God is hooli, which ye ben.
- Wycliffe Bible
if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 3:17
3:17 If any man destroy the temple of God - Destroy a real Christian, by schisms, or doctrines fundamentally wrong. Him shall God destroy - He shall not be saved at all; not even as through the fire.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 3:17
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God. "Ye are the temple of God" (1Co 3:16). In that temple the Spirit dwelt, as the Shekinah had dwelt in the temple of God at Jerusalem; it was therefore a holy temple, and an awful sin to defile it. Him shall God destroy. Under the old dispensation, death was the penalty of polluting the temple. See Ex 28:43 Le 16:2 Nu 4:20 18:32.