1 Corinthians 3:15 “If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but…”

1 Corinthians 3:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

If any mans worke burne, he shall lose, but he shalbe saued himselfe: neuerthelesse yet as it were by the fire.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.

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Cross references

“work”

Revelation 3:18 1 Corinthians 3:12 1 Corinthians 3:13

Revelation 3:18 · BSB

I 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.

1 Corinthians 3:12 · BSB

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

1 Corinthians 3:13 · BSB

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.

“he shall”

2 John 1:8 Acts 27:21 Acts 27:44

2 John 1:8 · BSB

Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

Acts 27:21 · BSB

After 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 27:44 · BSB

The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

“yet”

Jude 1:23 1 Peter 4:18 Zechariah 3:2 Amos 4:11

Jude 1:23 · BSB

save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

1 Peter 4:18 · BSB

And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

Zechariah 3:2 · BSB

And 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?”

Amos 4:11 · BSB

“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.

Also

Psalm 66:12

Psalm 66:12 · BSB

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

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