1 Corinthians 3:13
but whatever is used to build with will be exposed. For on the Day of Judgment, fire will reveal it and test it. Everyone's work will be shown for what it is.
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12Those who build on that foundation may use gold, silver, precious stone, wood, hay, or straw—
14Those whose building survives will be rewarded.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20Go and examine God's law and his instructions! If what they say doesn't correspond with God's word, there will be no dawn for them.
Jeremiah 23:29Doesn't my word burn like fire? asks the Lord. Isn't it like a hammer smashing a rock?
Zechariah 13:9I will place this one third in the fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, “These are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
Luke 2:35revealing what they really think. For you it will feel like a sword piercing right through you.”
Romans 2:16The good news I share is that a day is coming when God will judge, through Jesus Christ, everyone's secret thoughts.
1 Corinthians 3:14Those whose building survives will be rewarded.
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 →