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THE MESSAGE
1 Corinthians 3:17
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If you destroy God's temple, God will destroy you, because God's temple is holy. You yourselves are God's temple.
If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.
Yf eny man defyle the temple of god him shall god destroye. For the temple of god is holy which temple ye are.
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary!
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.
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person, because God's temple is holy and you are that temple.
If any man destroys the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are you.
If any man defileth the temple of God, him will God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
If any man destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
If any one is marring the Sanctuary of God, him will God mar; for the Sanctuary of God is holy, which you all are.
And if ony defoulith the temple of God, God schal leese hym; for the temple of God is hooli, which ye ben.
If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Together you are God's holy temple, and God will destroy anyone who destroys his temple.
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.
If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
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.
So if anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are that temple.
If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.
Whoso destroyeth the temple of Aloha, him will Aloha destroy for the temple of Aloha is holy, which you are.
17 Whoever shall mar the temple of God, God will mar him: for the temple of God is holy, which [fn] ye are.
If any man defile the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which Temple ye are.
God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
If any man destroys the house of God, God will destroy him. God's house is holy. You are the place where He lives.
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.
And whoever defiles the temple of God, God will destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and that temple is you.
If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy, - and such are ye.
But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.
If any man defyle the temple of God, hym shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
God will destroy anyone who destroys God's temple. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.
If anyone corrupts the sanctuary of God, God will bring that one to corruption; for the sanctuary of God is holy, which you are.
if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.
Yf eny man defyle the teple of God, him shal God destroye. For the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
if any man divide the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for you, who are the temple of God, are consecrated to him.
If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.
If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
God will destroy anyone who tries to destroy his outfit. God's outfit is holy, and y'all are his outfit.
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.
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
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
The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
God said, "Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?"
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
God told the serpent: "Because you've done this, you're cursed, cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals, Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life. I'm declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He'll wound your head, you'll wound his heel."
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
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, âdestroy, corruptâ (ÏθειÌÏει phtheirei). The Greek word is the same in both parts of the sentence. âIf any man âdestroyâ the temple of God, God shall âdestroyâ him.â 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, âIf 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, âif any man,â 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. Îι ÏÎ¹Ï Ïον ναον ÏÎ¿Ï ÎÎµÎ¿Ï ÏθειÏει, ÏθεÏει ÏÎ¿Ï Ïον Î¿Ì ÎεοÏ. 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.
