1 Corinthians 3:15 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 3:15

If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

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ASV

If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

WEB

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

YLT

if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.

DBT

If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but he shall be saved, but so as through [the] fire.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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2 John 1:8
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
1 Corinthians 3:12–13
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Jude 1:23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

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His weakness and corruption will be the lessening of his glory, though he may in the general have been an honest and an upright Christian. This part of his work will be lost, turning no way to his advantage, though he himself may be saved. Observe, Those who hold the foundation of Christianity, though they build hay, wood, and stubble, upon it, may be saved.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

If . . . be burnt--if any teacher's work consist of such materials as the fire will destroy [ALFORD]. suffer loss--that is, forfeit the special "reward"; not that he shall lose salvation (which is altogether a free gift, not a "reward" or wages), for he remains still on the foundation (1Co 3:12;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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