1 Corinthians 3:15
and he whose work shall be burned, shall fail; but he (himself) shall be rescued, but so as from fire.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
14And he whose work which he builded shall abide, will receive his recompense;
16KNOW YOU not that you are the temple of Aloha, and (that) the Spirit of Aloha inhabiteth in you?
Cross References
Acts 27:21And while no man had taken any food, then stood Paulos among them, and said, Men, if you had been persuaded by me, you would not have voyaged from Kreta, and we should have been exempted from loss, and from this distress.
1 Corinthians 3:12And if any man build upon this foundation gold, or silver, or precious stones; or wood, or hay, or stubble;
2 John 1:8Be watchful of yourselves, that not any thing perish which you have wrought; but (that with) a complete reward you may be recompensed.
Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold, proved by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and the shame of thy nakedness be not seen; and lave with collyrium thine eyes, 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 →