1 Corinthians 3:17

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¹⁵ If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

¹⁶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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 fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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Ezekiel 43:12
This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
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Numbers 19:20
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
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Ezekiel 7:22
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
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Ezekiel 5:11
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
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Ezekiel 23:38–39
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
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Leviticus 20:3
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
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Psalms 79:1
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
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