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Good News Translation
1 Corinthians 3:14
If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward.
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Christian Standard Bible®
If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
King James Version (1611)
If any mans worke abide which he hath built thereupon, he shal receiue a reward.
If any mans worke abide which he hath built thereupon, he shal receiue a reward.
King James Version
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
English Standard Version
If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
New American Standard Bible
If anyone's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
If anyone's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
New Century Version
If the building that has been put on the foundation still stands, the builder will get a reward.
If the building that has been put on the foundation still stands, the builder will get a reward.
Amplified Bible
If any person's work which he has built [on this foundation, that is, any outcome of his effort] remains [and survives this test], he will receive a reward.
If any person's work which he has built [on this foundation, that is, any outcome of his effort] remains [and survives this test], he will receive a reward.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
Legacy Standard Bible
If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
Berean Standard Bible
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
Contemporary English Version
We will be rewarded if our building is left standing.
We will be rewarded if our building is left standing.
Complete Jewish Bible
If the work someone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward;
If the work someone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward;
Darby Translation
If the work of any one which he has built upon [the foundation] shall abide, he shall receive a reward.
If the work of any one which he has built upon [the foundation] shall abide, he shall receive a reward.
Easy-to-Read Version
If the building they put on the foundation still stands, they will get their reward.
If the building they put on the foundation still stands, they will get their reward.
Geneva Bible (1587)
If any mans worke, that he hath built vpon, abide, he shall receiue wages.
If any mans worke, that he hath built vpon, abide, he shall receiue wages.
George Lamsa Translation
And the builder whose work survives shall receive his reward.
And the builder whose work survives shall receive his reward.
Lexham English Bible
If anyone's work that he has built upon it remains, he will receive a reward.
If anyone's work that he has built upon it remains, he will receive a reward.
Literal Translation
If the work of anyone which he built remains, he will receive a reward.
If the work of anyone which he built remains, he will receive a reward.
American Standard Version
If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
Bible in Basic English
If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
Hebrew Names Version
If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
International Standard Version
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If what a person has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.receive wages">[fn]1 Corinthians 4:5;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he whose work which he builded shall abide, will receive his recompense;
And he whose work which he builded shall abide, will receive his recompense;
Murdock Translation
And that builder whose work shall endure, will receive his reward.
And that builder whose work shall endure, will receive his reward.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde, he shall receaue a reward.
If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde, he shall receaue a reward.
English Revised Version
If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
World English Bible
If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If any one's work which he hath built thereon shall remain, he shall receive a reward.
If any one's work which he hath built thereon shall remain, he shall receive a reward.
Weymouth's New Testament
If any one's work--the building which he has erected--stands the test, he will be rewarded.
If any one's work--the building which he has erected--stands the test, he will be rewarded.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If the werk of ony man dwelle stille, which he bildide aboue, he schal resseyue mede.
If the werk of ony man dwelle stille, which he bildide aboue, he schal resseyue mede.
Update Bible Version
If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
Webster's Bible Translation
If any man's work abideth which he hath built upon it, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work abideth which he hath built upon it, he shall receive a reward.
New English Translation
If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.
If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.
New King James Version
If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.
If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.
New Living Translation
If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward.
If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward.
New Life Bible
If a man builds on work that lasts, he will receive his reward.
If a man builds on work that lasts, he will receive his reward.
New Revised Standard
If what has been built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a reward.
If what has been built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a reward.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If, anyone's work, shall abide, which he built, a reward, shall he receive, -
If, anyone's work, shall abide, which he built, a reward, shall he receive, -
Douay-Rheims Bible
If any man’s work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man’s work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
Revised Standard Version
If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yf eny mannes worke yt he hath bylt apon byde he shall receave a rewarde.
Yf eny mannes worke yt he hath bylt apon byde he shall receave a rewarde.
Young's Literal Translation
if of any one the work doth remain that he built on [it], a wage he shall receive;
if of any one the work doth remain that he built on [it], a wage he shall receive;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron, abyde, he shal receaue a rewarde:
Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron, abyde, he shal receaue a rewarde:
Mace New Testament (1729)
if the work abide which somebody has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
if the work abide which somebody has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
THE MESSAGE
But for right now, friends, I'm completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You're acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast. Well, then, I'll nurse you since you don't seem capable of anything more. As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything's going your way? When one of you says, "I'm on Paul's side," and another says, "I'm for Apollos," aren't you being totally infantile? Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It's not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God's field in which we are working. Or, to put it another way, you are God's house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you'll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won't get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn't, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won't be torn out; you'll survive—but just barely. You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple. Don't fool yourself. Don't think that you can be wise merely by being up-to-date with the times. Be God's fool—that's the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It's written in Scripture, He exposes the chicanery of the chic. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls. I don't want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift—Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it is yours, and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God.
But for right now, friends, I'm completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You're acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast. Well, then, I'll nurse you since you don't seem capable of anything more. As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything's going your way? When one of you says, "I'm on Paul's side," and another says, "I'm for Apollos," aren't you being totally infantile? Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It's not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God's field in which we are working. Or, to put it another way, you are God's house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you'll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won't get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn't, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won't be torn out; you'll survive—but just barely. You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple. Don't fool yourself. Don't think that you can be wise merely by being up-to-date with the times. Be God's fool—that's the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It's written in Scripture, He exposes the chicanery of the chic. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls. I don't want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift—Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it is yours, and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God.
Simplified Cowboy Version
If their work survives, then that cowboy will be shown as a top hand.
If their work survives, then that cowboy will be shown as a top hand.
Contextual Overview
11 For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid. 12 Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw. 13 And the quality of each person's work will be seen when the Day of Christ exposes it. For on that Day fire will reveal everyone's work; the fire will test it and show its real quality. 14 If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward. 15 But if your work is burnt up, then you will lose it; but you yourself will be saved, as if you had escaped through the fire.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Corinthians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Daniel 12:3, Matthew 24:45-47, Matthew 25:21-23, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 2 Timothy 4:7, 1 Peter 5:1, 1 Peter 5:4, Revelation 2:8-11
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 15:7 - your work 1 Corinthians 3:13 - man's 1 Corinthians 9:17 - have 1 Corinthians 13:13 - abideth 2 John 1:8 - that we receive Revelation 22:12 - and my
Cross-References
Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."
I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."
Genesis 3:20
Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings.
Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings.
Genesis 9:6
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
Leviticus 20:25
So then, you must make a clear distinction between animals and birds that are ritually clean and those that are not. Do not eat unclean animals or birds. I have declared them unclean, and eating them would make you unclean.
So then, you must make a clear distinction between animals and birds that are ritually clean and those that are not. Do not eat unclean animals or birds. I have declared them unclean, and eating them would make you unclean.
Psalms 72:9
The peoples of the desert will bow down before him; his enemies will throw themselves to the ground.
The peoples of the desert will bow down before him; his enemies will throw themselves to the ground.
Isaiah 29:4
Jerusalem will be like a ghost struggling to speak from under the ground, a muffled voice coming from the dust.
Jerusalem will be like a ghost struggling to speak from under the ground, a muffled voice coming from the dust.
Isaiah 65:25
Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil."
Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil."
Micah 7:17
They will crawl in the dust like snakes; they will come from their fortresses, trembling and afraid. They will turn in fear to the Lord our God.
They will crawl in the dust like snakes; they will come from their fortresses, trembling and afraid. They will turn in fear to the Lord our God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If any man's work abide,.... That is, if any minister's doctrine will bear the test of daylight, to be looked into, and abide the fire of the word; as gold, silver, and precious stones will, or such doctrines as are comparable to them, which will shine the brighter for being tried by this fire:
which he hath built thereupon; upon the foundation Christ, in entire consistence with, and proportion to it, and highly becoming it:
he shall receive a reward; either from the churches of Christ here, who shall honour and respect him for his faithful labours in the ministry; or from Christ hereafter, who will say, well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If any manâs work abide ... - If it shall appear that he hast taught the true doctrines of Christianity, and inculcated right practices and views of piety, and himself cherished right feelings: if the trial of the great Day, when the real qualities of all objects shall be known, shall show this.
He shall receive a reward - According to the nature of his work. See the note on 1 Corinthians 3:8. This refers, I suppose, to the proper rewards on the Day of Judgment, and not to the honors and the recompense which he may receive in this world. If all that he has taught and done shall be proved to have been genuine and pure, then his reward shall be in proportion.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Corinthians 3:14. If any man's work abide — Perhaps there is here an allusion to the purifying of different sorts of vessels under the law. All that could stand the fire were to be purified by the fire; and those which could not resist the action of the fire were to be purified by water, Numbers 31:23. The gold, silver, and precious stones, could stand the fire; but the wood, hay, and stubble, must be necessarily consumed. So, in that great and terrible day of the Lord, all false doctrine, as well as the system that was to pass away, should be made sufficiently manifest; and God would then show that the Gospel, and that alone, was that system of doctrine which he should bless and protect, and none other.
He shall receive a reward. — He has not only preached the truth, but he has laboured in the word and doctrine. And the reward is to be according to the labour. See note on 1 Corinthians 3:8.
