If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
And "whosoever shall defile the temple of God, him shall God defile.".
And not only does he (the apostle) acknowledge our bodies to be a temple, but even the temple of Christ, saying thus to the Corinthians, "Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? "
