1 Corinthians 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge {G5100} nothing before {G302} the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
Matt 25:21-23 : 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 And he also that [received] the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Matt 24:45-47 : 45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus {G5547} at his coming?
2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
1 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders {G3588} among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Rev 2:8-9 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived [again]: 9 I know thy {G2041} {G2532} tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they art not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Cor 3:8-13
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8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
10According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.
11For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is.
1 Cor 3:15
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15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.
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6who will render to every man according to his works:
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8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Matt 16:27
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27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
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4But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.
2 Cor 5:10
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10For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
Rom 4:4
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4Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
Rev 22:12
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12{G2532} Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.
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10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up.
11Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in [all] holy living and godliness,
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5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
6The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
Col 3:24
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24knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: {G1063} ye serve the Lord Christ.
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6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Prov 12:14
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14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
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58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
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7that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Eccl 12:14
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14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
1 Pet 1:17
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17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:
1 Cor 3:17
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17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
Eph 2:9
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9not of works, that no man should glory.
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12So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
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3Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
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14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
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17That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.