1 Corinthians 3:17

Easy To Read Version

If any person destroys God’s temple, then God will destroy that person. Why? Because God’s temple is holy. {\cf2\super [20]} You yourselves are God’s temple.

Cross References

Genesis 28:17

Jacob was afraid. He said, “This is a very great place. This is the house of God. This is the gate to heaven.”

1 Chronicles 29:3

I am making a special gift of gold and silver things for my God’s temple. I am doing this because I really want the temple of my God to be built. I am giving all these things to build this holy temple.

Psalm 74:3

God, come walk through these\par ancient ruins.\par Come back to the Holy Place\par that the enemy destroyed.\par

Psalm 79:1

God, some people from other nations\par came to fight your people.\par Those people ruined your holy temple.\par They left Jerusalem in ruins.\par

Psalm 93:5

Lord, your laws will continue forever. {\cf2\super [523]} \par Your holy temple will stand for a long time.\par

Psalm 99:9

Praise the Lord our God.\par Bow down toward his holy mountain\par and worship him.\par The Lord our God is truly holy!\par

Exodus 3:5

Then the Lord said, “Don’t come any closer. Take off your sandals. You are standing on holy ground.

Isaiah 64:11

Our ancestors worshiped you in\par our holy temple.\par Our temple was so wonderful,\par but now it has been burned in the fire!\par All our precious possessions\par have been destroyed.\par

Ezekiel 43:12

This is the law of the temple: The whole area on the top of the mountain within these boundaries is most holy. This is the law of the temple.

Ezekiel 5:11

The Lord my Master says, “\{Jerusalem,\} I promise by my life \{that I will punish you\}! I promise that I will punish you! Why? Because you did terrible things to my Holy Place. You did horrible things that made it dirty! I will punish you! I won’t show any mercy. I will not feel sorry for you!

Ezekiel 7:22

I will turn my head away from them—I won’t look at them. Those strangers will ruin my temple—they will go into the secret parts of that holy building and make it not holy.

Leviticus 15:31

“So you must warn the people of Israel about being unclean. [256] {If you don’t warn the people, then} they might make my Holy Tent [257] unclean. And then they would have to die!”

Leviticus 20:3

I will be against that person! I will separate him from his people. Why? Because he gave his children to Molech. He showed that he did not respect my holy name. And he made my holy place unclean. [347]

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets {\cf2\super [20]} are always making their secret plans to get more and more. Her priests have treated holy things like they are not holy. They have done bad things to God’s teachings.

Numbers 19:20

“If a person becomes unclean [264] and does not become clean, [265] that person must be separated from the people of Israel. That person was not sprinkled with the special water. He did not become clean. So he might make the Holy Tent [266] unclean.

1 Corinthians 3:16

You should know that you yourselves are God’s temple (house). God’s Spirit {\cf2\super [19]} lives in you.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. If any person among you thinks that he is wise in this world, then he should become a fool. Then that person can become truly wise.