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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 3 In this chapter the apostle returns to the charge of schisms and contentions upon the Corinthians, which were the occasion of the epistle; and reproves them for their divisions, which were about their ministers; and gives them their just and due character, and who, though they were useful and commendable in their places, were not to be gloried in; and especially it...
John Gill
If any man defile the temple of God,.... By the wisdom of the world, through philosophy, and vain deceit; by bringing in false doctrines, errors, and heresies, and hereby corrupt their minds from the simplicity that is in Christ; and make rents, factions, and divisions among them: him shall God destroy; body and soul in hell; for as their wicked principles and heretical notions are pernicious to...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter the apostle, I. Blames the Corinthians for their carnality and divisions, ver. 1-4. II. He instructs them how what was amiss among them might be rectified, by remembering, 1. That their ministers were no more than ministers, ver. 5. 2. That they were unanimous, and carried on the same design, ver. 6-10. 3. That they built on one and the same foundation, ver. 11-15. III. He exhorts...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man destroy the temple of God, — For so it should run, —
Charles H. Spurgeon
Him shall God destroy; If any man should pull down that which Paul built for God, if any man shall pull down that which any faithful minister of Christ has built before him, “him shall God destroy;”
Charles H. Spurgeon
For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For that kind of folly is the doorstep of true wisdom.