| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 17 No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred - and you, remember, are the temple. | 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple. |
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