And he was afraid, and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
1 Corinthians 3:17 - Revised Standard Version If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If anyone does hurt to God's temple or corrupts it [with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you [the believing church and its individual believers] 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. Common English Bible If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person, because God’s temple is holy, which is what you are. Catholic Public Domain Version But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are. |
And he was afraid, and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:
Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; they have defiled thy holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
Thy decrees are very sure; holiness befits thy house, O Lord, for evermore.
Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!
Then he said, “Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
This is the law of the temple: the whole territory round about upon the top of the mountain shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
Wherefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will cut you down; my eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
I will turn my face from them, that they may profane my precious place; robbers shall enter and profane it,
“Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”
I myself will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.
Her prophets are wanton, faithless men; her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.
“But the man who is unclean and does not cleanse himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord; because the water for impurity has not been thrown upon him, he is unclean.
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.