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1 Corinthians 3:15

SalvationJudgmentServing others

13 his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.

16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

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BSB
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
KJV
If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
WEB
If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
ASV
If any man`s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.
DARBY
If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but *he* shall be saved, but so as through [the] fire.
BLB
If the work of anyone will be burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
ÅB
om ens verk brenner opp, da skal han tape lønnen, men selv skal han bli frelst, dog slik som gjennom ild.
OTB
Hvis det blir fortært, vil byggherren lide tap, men vil fortsatt bli frelst—dog bare som en som unnslipper gjennom flammene.
B1930
om ens verk brenner op, da skal han tape lønnen, men selv skal han bli frelst, dog således som gjennem ild.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 John 1:8

    Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:12–13

    If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

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  • Jude 1:23

    save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

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  • Revelation 3:18

    I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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  • 1 Peter 4:18

    And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

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  • Zechariah 3:2

    And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

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  • Amos 4:11

    “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

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  • Psalms 66:12

    You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

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