Cross references

1 Corinthians 3:17

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

1 Corinthians 3:17 BSB

1 Corinthians 3:17 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Corinthians 6:18–20 (18 votes) and Ezekiel 43:12 (10 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 28 to Revelation 11.

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Which verses does 1 Corinthians 3:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; …

  2. This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

  3. But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

  4. I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

  5. Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.

  6. They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths. On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.

  7. And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

  8. Psalm 79:16 votes

    A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

  9. Exodus 3:54 votes

    “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

  10. You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

  11. Psalm 99:93 votes
  12. Psalm 74:32 votes
  13. Psalm 93:52 votes

Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 3:17?

The 10 strongest of 17.