1 Corinthians 3:17

1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Corinthians 6:18-20; Exodus 3:5; Ezekiel 23:38; Ezekiel 23:39; Ezekiel 43:12; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:22; Genesis 28:17; Isaiah 64:11; Leviticus 15:31; Leviticus 20:3; Numbers 19:20; Psalms 74:3; Psalms 79:1; Psalms 93:5; Psalms 99:9; Zephaniah 3:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If any man defile ... - Or, “destroy, corrupt” ( φθείρει phtheirei). The Greek word is the same in both parts of the sentence. “If any man ‘d...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

If any man (f) defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are. (f) Defiles it and makes it un...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Renewed Condemnation of Party Spirit. Paul has now reached a point where he can effect an easy return to the divisions at Corinth. He has been spea...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

defile . Greek. phth eiro. Same word as "destroy" below. Occurs also in 1 Corinthians 15:33 . 2Co 7:2. 2 Corinthians 11:3 . Ephesians 4:22 . Jud...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. If any man corrupts the temple of God. He subjoins a dreadful threatening — that, as the temple of God ought to be inviolably sacred,...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1947 THE DANGER OF DEFILING GOD’S TEMPLE 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 . Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of Go...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. If any man defile the temple - This...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If any man— It is not unreasonable to think, that, by any man, St. Paul designs one particular man;—namely, the false Apostle, who, it is proba...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. If any ... defile ... destroy...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fault of Party Spirit The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for anything but elementary instruction in the faith is pr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If any man defile. — Better, If any man destroy — the opposite of “building up,” which should be the work of the Christian teacher; the architect...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the Corinthians, and having shown why he conte...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Build on the Sure Foundation 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 We are called upon to contribute our share to the building of saved souls which is rising th...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal. "Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul declared the true va...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God d...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE’ ‘For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.’ 1 Corinthians 3:17 That each one of you is a ‘temple,’ we have S...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If any man defile the temple of God ,.... By the wisdom of the world, through philosophy, and vain deceit; by bringing in false doctrines, errors, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Ver. 17. Which temple ye are ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Know ye not , &c. As if he had said, You should also lake heed what doctrine you deliver, lest by teaching what is false, unimportant, or improp...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

But in practical experience the Corinthians were not properly regarding, nor depending on, the wisdom of the Spirit of God, who had been given to the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Holiness Prescribed. A. D. 57. 16 Know ye...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; the word which we translate defile and destroy (for the Greek word is the same for...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy hi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Church Is God's Sacred Sanctuary For The Spirit of God Dwells In Them And They Are Hid With Christ in God. Let Divisive Teachers Therefore Bewar...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 3:16 .— A temple (R.V.) misses, or denies, the typology binding Old Testament and New Testament together here. A ca...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 I. When the fall of man broke down the altar within him and scattered the fire, and his vision of God became dim, it did not...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 3:17 I. The human soul God's truest temple. This truth expresses one of the great changes introduced by Christianity. The question t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. Their spiritual part had not g...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

17-18. If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 3:1 . Babes in Christ, like children at the breast, requiring to be fed with milk, and not with meat. Our great tutor here address...
The Biblical Illustrator

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? The two temples Two points comprehend the apostle’s teac...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 3:1-46 The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature. 1 Corinthians 3:1 I… could not speak unto you as...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Every Christian a temple of God:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

The Carnal and Spiritual Christian 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If any man destroy the temple of God — Destroy a real Christian, by schisms, or doctrines fundamentally wrong. Him shall God destroy — He shall not...

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

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 3:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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