1 Corinthians 3:17

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KJV 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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

WEB World English Bible

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

ASV 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.

YLT 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.

Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 3

14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

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?

17 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.

20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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1 Corinthians 6:18-20Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.Ezekiel 43:12This [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.Ezekiel 7:22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret [place]: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.Numbers 19:20But 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.Ezekiel 5:11Wherefore, [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.Psalm 79:1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.Leviticus 20:3And 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.Ezekiel 23:38-39Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.Leviticus 15:31Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that [is] among them.Isaiah 64:11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.Psalm 99:9Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.Genesis 28:17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.Exodus 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.Psalm 74:3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,Psalm 93:5Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

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