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1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (New Living Translation)

16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

We learned in English class that you can be singular … referring to a single individual … or you can be plural … referring to a specific group. This New Living Translation of these verses emphasizes the plural you.

“… all of you together…”

The temple or the church is more a reference to an organism than to a building. The temple here is an organized body of believers. The temple building may crumble, as we see in disasters or decay from aging but the temple, the organism, God will protect from destruction.

Jesus, one day soon, is coming back for His church. The church will survive until His return, regardless of Satan’s attacks and in the day of judgment, Satan is the one who will be destroyed!