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1 Corinthians 3:11
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Do not be misled! This foundation can only be the one that has been there since the beginning—Jesus Christ.
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay, than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ: And if any one build on this foundation, gold, silver, costly stones;
For no one can lay any other foundation in addition to that which is already laid, namely Jesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay, then that is laide, which is Iesus Christ.
For no one is able to lay any other foundation beside the One having been laid, who is Jesus Christ.
For other foudacion can noman laye, then that which is layed, the which is Iesus Christ.
for no one can lay any other foundation, than what is laid, which is, that Jesus is the Messias.
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.
for no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For another foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
The foundation that has already been laid is Jesus Christ, and no one can lay down any other foundation.
For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
because Christ is the only foundation.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Yeshua the Messiah.
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man laie, then that which is laied, which is Iesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay than that which is already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Yeshua the Messiah.
After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that is Jesus Christ.Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 16:18; 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 1:7; Ephesians 2:20;">[xr]
But let every man beware how he buildeth upon it. For another foundation besides this which is laid no man can lay, (that, namely,) which is Jeshu the Meshiha.
For any other foundation can no man lay, different from that which is laid, which is Jesus Messiah.
For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the Stone on which other stones for the building must be laid. It can be only Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
For, other foundation, can, no one, lay, than that which is lying, which is, Jesus Christ.
For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid: which is Christ Jesus.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For other foundation can no man lay, then that that is layde, which is Iesus Christe.
The foundation that has already been built is Jesus Christ, and no one can build any other foundation.
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid.
For no man may sette another foundement, outtakun that that is sett, which is Crist Jhesus.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Isaiah 28:16, Matthew 16:18, Acts 4:11, Acts 4:12, 2 Corinthians 11:2-4, Galatians 1:7-9, Ephesians 2:20, 2 Timothy 2:19, 1 Peter 2:6-8
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 5:17 - costly stones 1 Kings 7:10 - the foundation Psalms 87:1 - His Ezekiel 13:14 - the foundation Zechariah 13:9 - bring Matthew 7:24 - which Luke 14:30 - General Acts 8:5 - preached 1 Corinthians 3:10 - I have 1 Timothy 4:16 - Take Revelation 21:14 - and in
Cross-References
because that by ye dedes of the lawe shall no flesshe be iustified in the sight of God. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of synne.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For other foundation can no man lay,.... Men may attempt to lay other foundations than Christ, and build upon them, but to no purpose; they will be of no avail; all besides him are sandy foundations; such as fleshly privileges, a carnal descent, a religious education, an external profession of religion, a man's own righteousness, and the absolute mercy of God; but men ought to lay no other, nor can they, that will be of any advantage to themselves or others:
than that which is laid; by Jehovah the Father, both in his eternal counsels and covenant, when he set forth and appointed Christ to be the Saviour and Redeemer of his people; and in the fulness of time, when he sent him forth under the same characters; and by the Spirit of God, when he reveals Christ to them, and forms him in them; and by the ministers of the Gospel, who jointly agree to lay him ministerially, as the foundation for souls to build their hope upon: hence he is called the "foundation of the apostles and prophets", as here,
which is Jesus Christ; he is the foundation personally considered, as God-man and Mediator, on which the church, and every believer is built; he is the foundation of the covenant of grace, and of eternal salvation; of the faith and hope, peace, joy, and comfort of all the saints; and of the building of God, that house not made with hands, that city which has foundations, eternal glory in the other world; and he is the foundation, doctrinally considered; or the doctrines of his proper, deity, of his divine and eternal sonship, of his incarnation, of his Messiahship, of his obedience, sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead, of justification by his righteousness, pardon by his blood, and atonement by his sacrifice, c. are fundamental ones: the Jews were wont to call the principal articles of their religion, יסודי, "foundations": Maimondes has entitled one of his tracts, יסודי התורה "the foundations of the law" but the doctrines respecting the person, offices, and grace of Christ, are the only foundation of the Gospel.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For other foundation - It is “implied” by the course of the argument here, that This was the foundation which had been laid at Corinth, and on which the church there had been reared. And it is affirmed that no other foundation can be laid. A foundation is that upon which a building is raised; the foundation of a church is the doctrine on which it is established; that is, the doctrines which its members hold - those truths which lie at the basis of their hopes, and by embracing which they have been converted to God.
Can no man lay - That is, there is no other true foundation.
Which is Jesus Christ - Christ is often called the foundation; the stone; the cornerstone upon which the church is reared; Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20; 2 Timothy 2:19; 1 Peter 2:6. The meaning is, that no true church can be reared which does not embrace and hold the true doctrines respecting him - those which pertain to his incarnation, his divine nature, his instructions, his example, his atonement, his resurrection, and ascension. The reason why no true church can be established without embracing the truth as it is in Christ is, that it is by him only that people can be saved; and where This doctrine is missing, all is missing that enters into the essential idea of a church. The fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion must be embraced, or a church cannot exist and where those doctrines are denied no association of people can be recognized as a church of God. Nor can the foundation be modified or shaped so as to suit the wishes of people. It must be laid as it is in the Scriptures; and the superstructure must be raised upon that alone.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Corinthians 3:11. Other foundation can no man lay — I do not speak particularly concerning the foundation of this spiritual building; it can have no other foundation than Jesus Christ: there cannot be two opinions on this subject among the true apostles of our Lord. The only fear is, lest an improper use should be made of this heavenly doctrine; lest a bad superstructure should be raised on this foundation.
