1 Corinthians 3:17

Divisiveness And Immaturity

¹⁶ You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you? ¹⁷ If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary! ¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.

Defile the Temple

House of God

Set Apart

Temple of God

O God

Genesis 28:17

In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"

Exodus 3:5

"Do not come any closer," God said. "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground."

Leviticus 15:31

"So separate the Israelis from their uncleanness so that they won't die in their uncleanness if they defile my tent that is in their midst.

Leviticus 20:3

As for me, I'll oppose that man. I'll eliminate him from contact with his people for sacrificing his children to Molech, thereby defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.

Numbers 19:20

"The person who is unclean but who doesn't purify himself is to be eliminated from contact with the assembly, since he has defiled the LORD's sanctuary and the water of impurity wasn't sprinkled on him. He is to be considered unclean

1 Chronicles 29:3

"In addition to everything that I have supplied for the Temple, it pleases me to provide my own treasure of gold and silver, so because of my love for the Temple of my God I hereby give to the Temple of my God the following:

Psalm 74:3

Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place.

Psalm 79:1

God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem,

Psalm 93:5

Your decrees are very trustworthy, and holiness always befits your house, LORD.

Psalm 99:9

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy! A psalm of thanksgiving

Isaiah 64:11

Our holy Temple and our splendor, where our ancestors praised you, have become a conflagration of fire, and all our dearest places have become ruins.

Ezekiel 5:11

"Therefore, as sure as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "because you've defiled my sanctuary with every loathsome thing and every abomination, I'll restrain myself, and I'll show neither pity nor compassion.

Ezekiel 7:22

I'll turn my face away from them so that they'll defile my treasured place. Robbers will enter and profane it!

Ezekiel 23:38-39

"They've also done this to me: They defiled my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths, all at the same time!

Ezekiel 43:12

This is to be the regulation for the Temple: the entire area on top of the mountain is to be considered wholly consecrated. This is to be the law of the Temple."

Zephaniah 3:4

Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous. Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary. They give perverse interpretations of the Law.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.