1 Corinthians 3:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.”
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“If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 3:15 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 66:12You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
- 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.
- Zechariah 3:2And 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?”
- Acts 27:21After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
- Acts 27:44The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
- 1 Peter 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
- 2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
- Jude 1:23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
- Revelation 3:18I 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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