17If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.


In Context

14 If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.

15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness" ;

1st Corinthians 3:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:17But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17If any one corrupt the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17If any man defileth the temple of God, him will God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.