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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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
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 of Solomon , through novel, erroneous, and pestilential teaching, or through schisms such as are found among you, O Corinthians, says Anselm; or if any one in any other way corrupt the Church, or any individual soul in it—him shall God destroy. The Apostle is speaking mainly of the corruption that comes through the teaching of false doctrine, through pride, through envy, or the fomenting of schism. For as he began, so does he finish this chapter with warnings to false teachers. It appears, too, from the next words where he says that any such defiler shall not be saved, so as by fire, but shall be consumed in everlasting fire.
