1 Corinthians 3:15
if any man’s work be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so, as through fire.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14If any man’s work abide, which he builds on this, he shall receive a reward;
16Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Cross References
Acts 27:21But, after long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them, and said: men, you ought to have been persuaded by me, and not to have put to sea from Crete; and you would have avoided this damage and loss.
1 Corinthians 3:12If any man builds on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not the things that we have gained, but that we receive a full reward.
Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy of me gold that has been tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness may not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye-salve, that you may see.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:12-16
The Spiritual Foundation. ( a. d. 57.) 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall… Read the whole commentary →