1 Corinthians 3:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

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  • Eph 2:20 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
  • 1 Pet 2:6-8 : 6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame. 7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building; 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
  • Gal 1:7-9 : 7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him. 9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
  • Acts 4:11-12 : 11 He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building. 12 And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
  • 2 Cor 11:2-4 : 2 For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ. 3 But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ. 4 For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

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    9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

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  • 1 Cor 3:12-14
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    12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

    13 Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

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  • Eph 2:20-22
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    20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

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    11 He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

    12 And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

  • Rom 15:20
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    20 Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

  • Isa 28:16
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    16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

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    19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

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    4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

    5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

    6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

    7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

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    17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

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    2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

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    17 So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

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    7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

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