1 Corinthians 3:15
if any one's work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14If the work which any one built thereon remaineth, he will receive reward;
16Know ye not, that ye are God's temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Cross References
Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah; And ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning; And yet ye have not returned to me, saith Jehovah.
Acts 27:21And after there had been much abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have put to sea from Crete, nod thus brought upon yourselves this injury and loss.
1 Corinthians 3:12But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which ye wrought, but receive a full reward.
Revelation 3:18I advise thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayst be rich; and white garments, that thou mayst be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayst 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 →