1 Corinthians 3:15
if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14if of any one the work doth remain that he built on [it], a wage he shall receive;
16have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?
Cross References
Amos 4:11I have overturned among you, Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, And ye are as a brand delivered from a burning, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Acts 27:21And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, 'It behoved [you], indeed, O men — having hearkened to me — not to set sail from Crete, and to save this hurt and damage;
1 Corinthians 3:12and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw —
2 John 1:8See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;
Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint 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 →