1 Corinthians 3:13
each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
12But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;
14If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
Jeremiah 23:29Is not my word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Luke 2:35yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.
Romans 2:16in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:14If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
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 →