1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one can lay any other foundation, but that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ: and if any build upon this foundation gold,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
In Context
12silver, precious stones, or wood, hay, stubble;
Cross References
Matthew 16:18And I also say unto thee, as thou art called Peter, so upon this rock, which thou hast confessed, will I build my church, and the gates of death shall not prevail against it.
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, having espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Ephesians 2:20being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone:
1 Peter 2:6Whence also it is said in scripture, Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, choice and precious: and he that confideth on it shall not be ashamed.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:6-11
Mutual Agreement of Ministers. ( a. d. 57.) 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye… Read the whole commentary →