Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 3:17
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17. If any . . . defile . . . destroy —rather as the Greek verb is the same in both cases, " destroy . . . destroy." God repays in kind by a righteous retaliation. The destroyer shall himself be destroyed. As temporal death was the penalty of marring the material temple ( Leviticus 16:2 ; Daniel 5:2 ; Daniel 5:3 ; Daniel 5:30 ), so eternal death is the penalty of marring the spiritual temple—the Church. The destroyers here ( 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; 1 Corinthians 3:17 ), are distinct from the unwise or unskilful builders ( 1 Corinthians 3:12 ; 1 Corinthians 3:15 ); the latter held fast the "foundation" ( 1 Corinthians 3:15- : ), and, therefore, though they lose their work of superstructure and the special reward, yet they are themselves saved; the destroyers, on the contrary, assailed with false teaching the foundation, and so subvert the temple itself, and shall therefore be destroyed. (See on 1 Corinthians 3:10 ), [ESTIUS and NEANDER]. I think Paul passes here from the teachers to all the members of the Church, who, by profession, are "priests unto God" ( Exodus 19:6 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; Revelation 1:6 ). As the Aaronic priests were doomed to die if they violated the old temple ( Exodus 28:43 ), so any Christian who violates the sanctity of the spiritual temple, shall perish eternally ( Hebrews 12:14 ; Hebrews 10:26 ; Hebrews 10:31 ). holy —inviolable ( Hebrews 10:31- : ). which temple ye are —rather, "the which (that is, holy) are ye" [ALFORD], and, therefore, want of holiness on the part of any of you (or, as ESTIUS, "to tamper with the foundation in teaching you") is a violation of the temple, which cannot be let to pass with impunity. GROTIUS supports English Version. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"
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