Bible verse

1 Corinthians 3:12

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

1 Corinthians 3:12 · BSB

1 Corinthians 3:12 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 3.

8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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

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.

15 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?

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1 Corinthians 3:12 in other translations

KJV

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

ASV

But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

ERV

But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

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