1 Corinthians 3:17

Whoever destroys God's temple will be destroyed by God, for that temple, the church, is holy. Damaging the church through division invites God's judgment.

Cross-references · 17

• 1 Cor 6:18–20Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
• Ezek 43:12This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
• Ezek 7:22I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
• Num 19:20But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will 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.
• Ezek 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
• Ps 79:1A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
• Ezek 23:38–39They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.
• Lev 20:3And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
• Lev 15:31You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
• Isa 64:11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
• Ps 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
• Exod 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
• Gen 28:17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
• 1 Chr 29:3Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
• Ps 74:3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
• Ps 93:5Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
• Zeph 3:4Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

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