1 Corinthians 3:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Jude 1:23 : 23 And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
  • 1 Cor 3:12-13 : 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.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.
  • 1 Pet 4:18 : 18 And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?
  • Ps 66:12 : 12 You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

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  • 1 Cor 3:8-14
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    8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

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

    10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

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

    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.

    14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

  • Jude 1:23
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    23 And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.

  • 1 Cor 3:16-17
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    16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

    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.

  • John 15:6
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    6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-12
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    10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

    11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

    12 Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

  • Ezek 15:4-5
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    4 See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?

    5 Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?

  • 1 Pet 4:18
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    18 And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?

  • 1 Cor 15:2
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    2 By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.

  • Rev 20:15
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    15 And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.

  • Mark 9:49
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    49 Everyone will be salted with fire.

  • Exod 22:6
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    6 If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.

  • Eph 2:9
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    9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

  • Heb 12:29
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    29 For our God is an all-burning fire.

  • Mark 9:45
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    45 And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

  • Luke 3:17
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    17 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

  • Luke 17:33
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    33 If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

  • 2 Pet 3:7
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    7 But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

  • 2 Cor 5:10
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    10 For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

  • Prov 6:27-28
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    27 May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?

    28 Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?

  • 2 Thess 1:9
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    9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

  • Matt 3:12
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    12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

  • Titus 3:5
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    5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

  • Job 22:20
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    20 Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • Mark 8:35
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    35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

  • 1 Pet 1:7
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    7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21 If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

  • 1 Tim 2:15
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    15 But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

  • John 3:15
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    15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

  • Luke 9:24-25
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    24 For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

    25 For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

  • 2 Pet 3:15
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    15 And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

  • Mark 9:43
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    43 And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

  • Heb 6:8
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    8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

  • Matt 16:25
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    25 Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11 But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

  • 1 Cor 5:5
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    5 That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • Num 31:23
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    23 And anything which may be heated, is to go through the fire and be made clean; but in addition it is to be put in the water of cleaning: and anything which may not go through the fire is to be put in the water.