1 Corinthians 3:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἴ τις τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ φθείρει, φθερεῖ τοῦτον ὁ Θεός· ὁ γὰρ ναὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἅγιός ἐστιν, οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς.

Transliteration

If anyone the naon tou Theou phtheirei, phtherei touton ho Theos; the gar naos tou Theou hagios estin, which este hymeis.

Grammar Details

*naon*: noun, masculine, accusative, singular - temple
*tou Theou*: noun, masculine, genitive, singular - of God
*phtheirei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - destroys/corrupts
*phtherei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will destroy/corrupt
*touton*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine, accusative, singular - this one
*ho Theos*: noun, masculine, nominative, singular - God
*gar*: conjunction - for/because
*naos*: noun, masculine, nominative, singular - temple
*hagios*: adjective, masculine, nominative, singular - holy
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
*este*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - are
*hymeis*: personal pronoun, 2nd person plural, nominative - you

Word Meanings

*naon/naos*: temple/sanctuary/shrine
*phtheirei*: destroys/corrupts/defiles
*phtherei*: will destroy/corrupt/ruin
*hagios*: holy/sacred/set apart

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 6:18-20 : 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Isa 64:11 : 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Ezek 7:22 : 22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
Ezek 23:38-39 : 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. 39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Ezek 43:12 : 12 This 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.
Zeph 3:4 : 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Ezek 5:11 : 11 Wherefore, 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.
Gen 28:17 : 17 And 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.
Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Lev 15:31 : 31 Thus 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.
Lev 20:3 : 3 And 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.
Num 19:20 : 20 But 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.
1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, 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,
Ps 74:3 : 3 Lift up{H8685)} thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy{H8802)} hath done wickedly{H8689)} in the sanctuary.
Ps 79:1 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come{H8804)} into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled{H8765)}; they have laid{H8804)} Jerusalem on heaps.
Ps 93:5 : 5 Thy testimonies are very sure{H8738)}: holiness becometh{H8773)} thine house, O LORD, for ever.
Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

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