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1 CORINTHIANS 3:17 fqerei/ {B}
Influenced by the preceding word, several witnesses, chiefly Western,
read the present tense fqei,rei (Dgr Ggr P 81 ù809 vgmss syrp, h
Ephraem) instead of...
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Verse 17. _IF ANY MAN DEFILE THE TEMPLE_] This clause is not
consistently translated. Ει τις τον ναον του Θεου
φθειρει, φθερει τουτον ὁ Θεος. _If any man
destroy the temple of God, him will God_ _de...
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IF ANY MAN DEFILE ... - Or, “destroy, corrupt” (φθείρει
phtheirei). The Greek word is the same in both parts of the sentence.
“If any man ‘destroy’ the temple of God, God shall ‘destroy’
him.” This i...
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CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Carnal state of the Corinthians. (1 Corinthians 3:1)._
2. The Workmen and their Work. (1 Corinthians 3:10).
3. The Church the Temple of God. (1 Corinthians
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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 speaking of the spiritual man who is capable of receiving...
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THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF GOD (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)...
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Do you not know that you are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God
has his dwelling place in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God,
God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy and you a...
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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.
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_If any man defile_ Rather, _if any man_ DO HURT TO _the temple of
God, to him shall God_ DO HURT. The word is the same in both members
of the sentence, and cannot therefore be rendered by the word DE...
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Christian Ministers only labourers of more or less efficiency, the
substantial work being God's
6. _I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase_ The
Apostle would lead his converts to r...
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ΦΘΕΊΡΕΙ. The A.V. _defile_ is inadmissible here, inasmuch as
the same word is used in both members of the sentence. Render, with
R.V., DESTROY. He who persists in a wrong course of action brings
destr...
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CHRISTIAN MINISTERS ONLY LABOURERS OF MORE OR LESS EFFICIENCY, THE
SUBSTANTIAL WORK BEING GOD’S...
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_THE TEMPLE IS THE CHURCH 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-23:_ As members of the
church we should be spiritual people because the church of Christ is
the Holy Temple of God. His Spirit dwells in this temple. God w...
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ΦΘΕΊΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΘΕΊΡΩ (G5351)
портить, разрушать, пятнать. Ind. в _conj._ 1
типа, в котором предполагается
реальность условия,
ΦΘΕΡΕΪ _fut. ind. act._
ΟΪΤΙΝΈΣ _nom. pl._ от ΌΣΤΙΣ (G37...
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DISCOURSE: 1947
THE DANGER OF DEFILING GOD’S TEMPLE
1 Corinthians 3:16. _Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple
of God, hi...
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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 probable, by the strength of his party, supporting and ret...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Consists In Spiritual Work For God (1 Corinthians 3:5-17)
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you
believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6I plant...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Church is the Temple of God_ (10-17)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 3:10-17. According to the grace of God which was given
unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and a...
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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 - rather, as the Greek is the same in
both, 'destroy .....
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5 Apollos was a Jew of Alexandria, a scholarly man, and able in the
Scriptures. He came to Ephesus, full of zeal, but versed only in the
baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila heard him speak boldly in...
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3:17 temple (c-6) temple (c-15) _ Naos_ . the house itself -- the
shrine. corrupt (d-4) destroy; (d-12) The word for 'destroy' and
'corrupt' is the same in Greek; the force of this is lost in English....
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THE FAULT OF PARTY SPIRIT
The immaturity of the Corinthian converts and their unfitness for
anything but elementary instruction in the faith is proved by their
mutual jealousies and their disagreemen...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 3
GOD’S WORKERS 3:1-9
V1 *Brothers and *sisters, I could not speak to you as if the *Holy
Spirit was guiding you. I had to speak to you as...
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IF ANY MAN DEFILE. — Better, _If any man destroy_ — the opposite
of “building up,” which should be the work of the Christian
teacher; the architectural image being still in view.
WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE....
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CHAPTER 6
GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING
PAUL having abundantly justified his method of preaching to the
Corinthians, and having shown why he contented himself with the simple
presentation of the Cross...
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§ 10. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HUMAN BUILDERS. After the long
digression on Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:17 to 1 Corinthians 3:2),
occasioned by the Hellenic misconception of the Gospel underlying the
Cor...
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However poor his work, the workman of 1 Corinthians 3:15 built upon
Christ. There are cases worse than his, and to the εἴ τινος
τὸ ἔργον alternatives of 1 Corinthians 3:14 f. the Ap. has a
third to ad...
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BUILD ON THE SURE FOUNDATION
1 Corinthians 3:10
We are called upon to contribute our share to the building of saved
souls which is rising through the ages, to be an habitation of God
through the Spir...
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The reason for the schisms was that these people were carnal.
"Jealousy and strife" are evidences of carnality. Proceeding, Paul
declared the true value of the Christian ministry. "For we are God's
fe...
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Beware of Defiling God's Temple
In 1 Corinthians 3:9, Paul described the church at Corinth as God's
building (Hebrews 3:6; 1 Peter 2:5). The church is God's temple and
the Spirit's dwelling place on e...
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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 unclean, being holy: and surely they do
defile it, by...
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Know you not. After the apostle had described the builders who are
employed in the spiritual edifice, he proceeds to speak of the duties
of those who are the living temples of Christ. As for you, may...
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Again an asyndeton. 1 Corinthians 3:16 was the minor of the syllogism
of which 1 Corinthians 3:17 is the major: “Ye are a temple...; he is
destroyed who destroys a temple..., therefore...” The conclus...
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“Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you? 17. If any man destroy the temple of God, him will
God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are...
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In order to show what, in a religious organization like that which the
gospel creates, is the place of preachers, the apostle takes two
examples: Apollos and himself; and he develops what he means to...
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(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 destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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_‘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 St. Paul’s own
authority. ‘Know ye not that your body’—e...
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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, that man, whoever he may be, that corrupts it, will not pas...
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They were not natural men; but they were carnal (not spiritual) men,
so that the apostle had to feed them with milk and not with meat which
was only fit for those that were of full age. That with whic...
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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, and heresies, and hereby corrupt their minds from the...
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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_] Man is God's temple; God man's altar.
Demosthenes (co...
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_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
improper to be taught, you should defile or destroy the templ...
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DEFILE-DESTROY; these two words are in the original the same. If by
false doctrine or unholy practice any one should defile, and thus
exert his influence to destroy the church or any of its members, h...
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IF ANY MAN DEFILE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, HIM SHALL GOD DESTROY; FOR THE
TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY, WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE....
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Every Christian a temple of God:...
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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 them. Paul could not write to them as spiritual, but a...
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DEFILE:
Or, destroy...
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IF ANY MAN DESTROYETH THE TEMPLE OF GOD, HIM SHALL GOD DESTROY; FOR
THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY, AND SUCH ARE YE.
'any man' -regardless of their status.
'DESTROYETH' -There are cases worst than the te...
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16,17 From other parts of the epistle, it appears that the false
teachers among the Corinthians taught unholy doctrines. Such teaching
tended to corrupt, to pollute, and destroy the building, which s...
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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 both) signifieth to violate, _corrupt, _ or destroy....
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If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for
the temple of God is holy, and such are ye. [The factions are here
plainly made aware of the magnitude of their sin, and the severit...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
and "whosoever shall defile the temple of God, him shall God
defile."[101]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
And not only does he (the apostle) acknowledge our bodi...
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1 Corinthians 3:17 anyone G1536 defiles G5351 (G5719) temple G3485 God
G2316 God G2316 destroy G5351 (G5692
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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 BEWARE (3:16-23).
Paul now applies his building analogy t...
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‘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 him, for the temple of God is holy, and you are that...
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DESTROYETH
(φθειρε). The outward temple is merely the symbol of God's
presence, the Shechinah (the Glory). God makes his home in the hearts
of his people or the church in any given place like Corint...
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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 to be answered,
in order to illustrate its meaning, is...
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1 Corinthians 3:16
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 follow that the
Holy Spirit withdrew from the world beca...
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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. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this worl...
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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 grown strong, their old carnal nature
still had the pr...
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CONTENTS: Hindrance of a carnal state to spiritual growth. Christian
service and its reward.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Apollos, Cephas.
CONCLUSION: Our salvation rests solely upon t...
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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 addresses the Corinthians in a superior style of eloquence,...
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SO IF ANYONE DESTROYS. Here Paul speaks of those who purposely distort
the truth of God (Galatians 1:6-9), but also of those who destroy the
messianic community by their "party spirit" (see 1 Corinthi...
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_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 teaching in this chapter.
1. The foundation of Christian...
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_If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy._ If any
one, through the fatal pride that is born of human wisdom, through
novel, erroneous, and pestilential teaching, or through schisms...
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CHAPTER III.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
He endeavours to put an end to the divisions among the Corinthians, by
reminding them of their mutual subjection and union in Christ and God.
I. He points out t...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 3:16.—A TEMPLE (R.V.) misses, or denies, the typology
binding Old Testament and New Testament together here. A case where,
as often (_e.g_. 1 Corinthians 11:20), one of...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 3:1
_The carnal conceit of the spiritually immature._
1 CORINTHIANS 3:1
I… COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL. Though softened by
the word brethren, there was a cr...
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Let's turn now to I Corinthians, chapter 3.
Beginning with the fourteenth verse of chapter 2, Paul here separates
men into three classifications. Starting in chapter 2 with the natural
man, the unrege...
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1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Exodus 3:5; Ezekiel 23:38;...
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Defile [φ θ ε ι ρ ε ι]. Rev., more correctly, destroy. This is
the primary and almost universal meaning in classical Greek. In a
fragment of Euripides it occurs of dishonoring a female. Sophocles
uses...
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THE CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN
1 Corinthians 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In our last study, we were discussing two kinds of people. One, the
unregenerate who had not the Spirit, and the other, the r...
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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 be saved at all; not even as through the fire....