1 Corinthians 3:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

English ASV

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.

English EASY 2024

If anyone destroys God's house, then God will destroy that person. God's temple is a holy house, and you are like that house.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

If you destroy God's temple, God will destroy you, because God's temple is holy. You yourselves are God's temple.

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

God will destroy anyone who destroys God's temple. For God's temple is holy, and you yourselves are his temple.

English God's Word - GW 1995

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him because God's temple is holy. You are that holy temple!

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If anyone ruins God's sanctuary, God will ruin him; for God's sanctuary is holy, and that is what you are.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

If any man destroys the sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy. And you are His temple.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is holy.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. God's temple is holy. And you are that temple.

English NIV

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

English NKJ 1982

If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

English NLT

God will bring ruin upon anyone who ruins this temple. For God's temple is holy, and you Christians are that temple.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Now, if someone desecrates God’s inner sanctuary, God will desecrate him, for God’s inner sanctuary is holy, and that is exactly who you are.

English RSV (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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If anyone defiles and spoils God's home, God will destroy him. For God's home is holy and clean, and you are that home.

English Tyndale 1537

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which temple are ye.(ye are.)

1 Corinthians 3:17 — Compare Translations