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1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys the temple of God [corrupting it with false doctrine], God will destroy the destroyer; for the temple of God is holy (sacred), and that is what you are.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Holiness;   House of God;   Sacrilege;   Temple;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Rewards;   Thompson Chain Reference - Eternal;   Everlasting;   Future State of the Wicked;   Future, the;   Punishment;   The Topic Concordance - Body;   Defilement;   Destruction;   Holy Spirit;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Chastity;   Church, the;   Defilement;   Excellency and Glory of the Church, the;   Holiness;   Titles and Names of the Church;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Salathiel;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Temple;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christians, Names of;   Church, the;   Consecrate;   Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Paul the Apostle;   Temple;   Union with Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cherub (1);   Ephesus;   Holy Spirit, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Holy;   Immorality;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Temple of Jerusalem;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Church;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Destruction;   Holiness Purity;   Sanctification;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Tabernacle ;   Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs;   Work;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apollos ;   Excommunication;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Diana;   Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Defile;   House of God;   Parousia;   Pauline Theology;   Salvation;   Spirit;   Uncleanness;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Apollos;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for May 25;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 3;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 2;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
If you destroy God's temple, God will destroy you, because God's temple is holy. You yourselves are God's temple.
Revised Standard Version
If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yf eny man defyle the temple of god him shall god destroye. For the temple of god is holy which temple ye are.
Hebrew Names Version
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
International Standard Version
If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary!
New American Standard Bible
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
New Century Version
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person, because God's temple is holy and you are that temple.
Update Bible Version
If any man destroys the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are you.
Webster's Bible Translation
If any man defileth the temple of God, him will God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
English Standard Version
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
World English Bible
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If any man destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Weymouth's New Testament
If any one is marring the Sanctuary of God, him will God mar; for the Sanctuary of God is holy, which you all are.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if ony defoulith the temple of God, God schal leese hym; for the temple of God is hooli, which ye ben.
English Revised Version
If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
Berean Standard Bible
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Contemporary English Version
Together you are God's holy temple, and God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple.
American Standard Version
If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
So if anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are that temple.
Darby Translation
If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.
Etheridge Translation
Whoso destroyeth the temple of Aloha, him will Aloha destroy for the temple of Aloha is holy, which you are.
Murdock Translation
17 Whoever shall mar the temple of God, God will mar him: for the temple of God is holy, which [fn] ye are.
King James Version (1611)
If any man defile the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which Temple ye are.
New Living Translation
God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
New Life Bible
If any man destroys the house of God, God will destroy him. God's house is holy. You are the place where He lives.
New Revised Standard
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Geneva Bible (1587)
If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.
George Lamsa Translation
And whoever defiles the temple of God, God will destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and that temple is you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy, - and such are ye.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any man defyle the temple of God, hym shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
Good News Translation
God will destroy anyone who destroys God's temple. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.
Christian Standard Bible®
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.
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.
Lexham English Bible
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.
Literal Translation
If anyone corrupts the sanctuary of God, God will bring that one to corruption; for the sanctuary of God is holy, which you are.
Young's Literal Translation
if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf eny man defyle the teple of God, him shal God destroye. For the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
Mace New Testament (1729)
if any man divide the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for you, who are the temple of God, are consecrated to him.
New English Translation
If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.
New King James Version
If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
Simplified Cowboy Version
God will destroy anyone who tries to destroy his outfit. God's outfit is holy, and y'all are his outfit.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
If any man destroys the sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Contextual Overview

16Do you not know and understand that you [the church] are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells [permanently] in you [collectively and individually]? 17If anyone destroys the temple of God [corrupting it with false doctrine], God will destroy the destroyer; for the temple of God is holy (sacred), and that is what you are.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

any: 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, Leviticus 15:31, Leviticus 20:3, Numbers 19:20, Psalms 74:3, Psalms 79:1, Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 7:22, Ezekiel 23:38, Ezekiel 23:39, Zephaniah 3:4

defile: or

destroy: for, Genesis 28:17, Exodus 3:5, 1 Chronicles 29:3, Psalms 93:5, Psalms 99:9, Isaiah 64:11, Ezekiel 43:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:6 - and an Leviticus 18:24 - Defile Leviticus 23:30 - General 2 Chronicles 29:5 - sanctify the house Zechariah 14:20 - HOLINESS Matthew 15:20 - which Mark 7:23 - defile 2 Corinthians 6:16 - ye are Ephesians 2:21 - an 2 Timothy 2:20 - in a 1 Peter 2:9 - an holy 1 John 4:13 - General Revelation 11:1 - Rise

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:3
except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, 'You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.'"
Genesis 3:5
"For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil."
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of the two of them were opened [that is, their awareness increased], and they knew that they were naked; and they fastened fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
Genesis 3:9
But the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:11
God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten [fruit] from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled and deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree]."
Genesis 3:14
The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all the cattle, And more than any animal of the field; On your belly you shall go, And dust you shall eat All the days of your life.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If any man defile the temple of God,.... By the wisdom of the world, through philosophy, and vain deceit; by bringing in false doctrines, errors, and heresies, and hereby corrupt their minds from the simplicity that is in Christ; and make rents, factions, and divisions among them:

him shall God destroy; body and soul in hell; for as their wicked principles and heretical notions are pernicious to others, they are damnable to themselves, and will bring upon them that judgment which lingereth not, and that damnation which slumbereth not. The false prophet, as well as the beast, and the devil, shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. God is not only an avenger of all immoralities committed against his righteous law, but of all false doctrine and false worship, and of everything that is contrary to the Gospel, and to the order and ordinances of it. The reason of this is,

for the temple of God is holy; alluding to the holiness of Solomon's temple,

"into which a man might not go with his staff, nor with his shoes on, nor with his purse, nor with dust upon his feet, nor might he make it a thoroughfare, and much less spit in it o.''

And yet, how was it polluted in our Lord's time by the Jews, who made it a den of thieves, instead of an house of prayer?

which temple ye are. This is added for further confirmation, and to assert their holiness in doctrine, worship, and conversation, and to deter the false teachers from making use of any means to corrupt them in either.

o Misn. Beracot, c. 9. sect. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If any man defile ... - Or, “destroy, corrupt” (φθείρει phtheirei). The Greek word is the same in both parts of the sentence. “If any man ‘destroy’ the temple of God, God shall ‘destroy’ him.” This is presented in the form of an adage or proverb. And the truth here stated is based on the fact that the temple of God was inviolable. That temple was holy; and if any man subsequently destroyed it, it might be presumed that God would destroy him. The figurative sense is, “If any man by his doctrines or precepts shall pursue such a course as tends to destroy the church, God shall severely punish him.

For the temple of God is holy - The temple of God is to be regarded as sacred and inviolable. This was unquestionably the common opinion among the Jews respecting the temple at Jerusalem; and it was the common doctrine of the Gentiles respecting their temples. Sacred places were regarded as inviolable; and this general truth Paul applies to the Christian church in general - Locke supposes that Paul had particular reference here to the false teachers in Corinth. But the expression, “if any man,” is equally applicable to all other false teachers as to him.

Which temple ye are - This proves that though Paul regarded them as lamentably corrupt in some respects, he still regarded them as a true church - as a part of the holy temple of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. If any man defile the temple — This clause is not consistently translated. Ει τις τον ναον του Θεου φθειρει, φθερει τουτον ὁ Θεος. If any man destroy the temple of God, him will God destroy. The verb is the same in both clauses. If any man injure, corrupt, or destroy the Church of God by false doctrine, God will destroy him-will take away his part out of the book of life. This refers to him who wilfully opposes the truth; the erring, mistaken man shall barely escape; but the obstinate opposer shall be destroyed. The former shall be treated leniently; the latter shall have judgment without mercy.


 
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