1 Corinthians 3:15-17
New English Translation
15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss.[a] He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple[b] and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:15 tn The translation “[will] be punished” is given here by BDAG 428 s.v. ζημιόω 2. But the next clause says “he will be delivered” and so “suffering loss” is more likely to refer to the destruction of the “work” by fire or the loss of the reward that could have been gained.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 sn You are God’s temple refers here to the church, since the pronoun you is plural in the Greek text. (In 6:19 the same imagery is used in a different context to refer to the individual believer.)
1 Corinthians 3:15-17
New International Version
15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(A)
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple(B) and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?(C) 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
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