1 Corinthians 3:15
If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
16Know you not, that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ?
Cross References
Amos 4:11I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
Acts 27:21And after they had fasted a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed, O ye men, have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and have gained this harm and loss.
1 Corinthians 3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble:
2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have wrought: but that you may receive a full reward.
Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold fire tried, that thou mayest be made rich; and mayest be clothed in white garments, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest 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 →