1 Corinthians 3:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1487} any man{G5100} destroyeth{G5351} the temple{G3485} of God,{G2316} him{G5126} shall{G5351} God{G2316} destroy;{G5351} for{G1063} the temple{G3485} of God{G2316} is{G2076} holy,{G40} and such{G3748} are{G2075} ye.{G5210}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    If any man{G1536} defile{G5351}{(G5719)} the temple{G3485} of God{G2316}, him{G5126} shall{G5351} God{G2316} destroy{G5351}{(G5692)}; for{G1063} the temple{G3485} of God{G2316} is{G2076}{(G5748)} holy{G40}, which{G3748} temple ye{G5210} are{G2075}{(G5748)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf eny man defyle the temple of god him shall god destroye. For the temple of god is holy which temple ye are.

  • 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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.

  • Bishops' 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.

  • Authorized 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:18-20 : 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
  • Isa 64:11 : 11 For these things, will you restrain yourself, LORD? Will you remain silent and afflict us so severely?
  • Ezek 7:22 : 22 I will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my treasured place. Violent men will enter it and desecrate it.
  • Ezek 23:38-39 : 38 They have also done this to me: On the same day they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths. 39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.
  • Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
  • Zeph 3:4 : 4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and have done violence to the law.
  • Ezek 5:11 : 11 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.
  • Gen 28:17 : 17 He was afraid and said, 'How amazing is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.'
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'
  • Lev 15:31 : 31 You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
  • Lev 20:3 : 3 I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people because he has given his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.
  • Num 19:20 : 20 But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now dedicate my personal treasure of gold and silver for the house of my God, in addition to all I have already provided for the holy house.
  • Ps 74:3 : 3 Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins; the enemy has done all this evil in the sanctuary.
  • Ps 79:1 : 1 A psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
  • Ps 93:5 : 5 Your testimonies are very sure; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.
  • Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and bow down at His holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.

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    15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss, but they will still be saved, though only as one escaping through flames.

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    15 Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

    16 Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

    17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

    18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.

    19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

    20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.

  • 2 Cor 6:16-17
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    16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'

    17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'

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    21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

    22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.

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    9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

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    18 Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

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    11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

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    21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

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    15 But just as the One who called you is holy, so also be holy in all your conduct.

    16 For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

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    19 Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.'

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    12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

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    5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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    7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

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    13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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    70%

    6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

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    15 But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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    19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.'

  • Rom 1:23
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    23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.

  • Mark 11:17
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    17 As he was teaching them, he said, 'Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.'

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    23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,

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    3 For this is God’s will: your sanctification—that you abstain from sexual immorality.

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    17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

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    3 Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

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    61 They declared, "This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

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    17 For we are not like many, peddling the word of God for profit. Instead, with sincerity, as sent from God and in His presence, we speak in Christ.

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    4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

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    7 For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

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