1 Corinthians 3:17

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.

Parallel Translations

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 (1611)
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 defile the temple of God, him shall 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.

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.

Amplified Bible
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.

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.

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.

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*.

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.

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.

Good News Translation
God will destroy anyone who destroys God's temple. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
God will destroy anyone who tries to destroy his outfit. God's outfit is holy, and y'all are his outfit.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Know ye not that ye are a shrine a of God, and that the Spirit of God within you doth dwell? ¹⁷ If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy, - and such are ye.

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 unto the serpent, - Of the fruit of the trees of the garden, we may eat;

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it, - lest ye die.

Genesis 3:5
For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened, - and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:6
And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.

Genesis 3:7
Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were, - so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,

Genesis 3:9
And Yahweh God called unto the man, - and said to him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that, naked, thou wast? Of the tree whereof I commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?

Genesis 3:13
Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.

Genesis 3:14
Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent - Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field, - on thy belly, shall thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou year children, - Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy hinging, Though, he, rule over thee.

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.