1 Corinthians 3:17
15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
- KJV
- If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
- WEB
- If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
- ASV
- If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
- DARBY
- If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.
- BLB
- If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you⁺ are.
- ÅB
- Om noen ødelegger Guds tempel, ham skal Gud ødelegge; for Guds tempel er hellig, og det er dere.
- OTB
- Hvis noen skader Guds tempel, vil Gud bringe ruin over den personen; for Guds tempel er hellig, og dere kollektivt er det tempelet.
- B1930
- Om nogen ødelegger Guds tempel, ham skal Gud ødelegge; for Guds tempel er hellig, og det er I.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:18–20
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:12
This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
Read in contextNumbers 19:20
But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Read in contextEzekiel 7:22
I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
Read in contextEzekiel 5:11
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:38–39
They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:3
And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
Read in contextPsalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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