1 Corinthians 3:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If any man buylde on this foundation, golde, syluer, precious stones, tymber, haye or stubble:

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  • Ps 19:10 : 10 They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe.
  • Ps 119:72 : 72 The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer.
  • Prov 8:10 : 10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.
  • Prov 30:6 : 6 Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes, lest he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyar.
  • Isa 54:11-13 : 11 Beholde, thou poore, vexed, & dispised, I wyll make thy walles of precious stones, & thy foundation of Saphires, 12 Thy windowes of Christal, thy gates of fine cleare stone, and all thy borders of pleasaunt stones. 13 Thy children shalbe all taught of God, and I wyll geue thee plenteousnesse of peace.
  • Isa 60:17 : 17 For brasse, wyll I geue thee golde, and for iron, siluer: for wood, brasse, and for stones iron: I wyll turne thyne oppression into peace, and thyne exactions into righteousnesse.
  • Jer 23:28 : 28 The prophete that hath a dreame, let hym tell it, and he that vnderstandeth my worde, let hym shewe it faythfully: for what hath chaffe and wheate to do together saith the Lorde?
  • Matt 15:6-9 : 6 And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites, full well dyd Esayas prophecie of you, saying: 8 This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lippes: howbeit, their hearts are farre from me. 9 But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Also of your owne selues shall men aryse, speakyng peruerse thynges, to drawe disciples after them.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Nowe I beseche you brethren, marke them whiche cause deuision, & geue occasions of euyll, contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned, and auoyde them.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not as many are, whiche chop & chaunge with the word of God: but as of purenesse of God, in the syght of God, so speake we in Christe.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie & vayne deceipt, after the tradition of men, and after the rudimentes of the worlde, and not after Christe.
  • Col 2:18-23 : 18 Let no man begile you of victorie, in the humblenesse and worshippyng of Angels, intrudyng (hym selfe into those thinges) which he hath not seene, causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde, 19 And holdeth not the head, wherof all the body by ioyntes & bandes supported and knit together, encreaseth with the encrease of God. 20 Wherfore, yf ye be dead with Christe from ye rudimentes of the world: why, as though lyuyng in the worlde, are ye led with traditions, 21 Touche not, taste not, handle not? 22 Which all be in corruption, in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men. 23 Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.
  • 1 Tim 4:1-3 : 1 Nowe the spirite speaketh euidently, that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth, geuing heede vnto spirites of errour, & doctrines of deuyls, 2 Which speake false in hypocrisie, hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron: 3 Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth.
  • 1 Tim 4:6-7 : 6 Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually folowed. 7 But cast away prophane & old wiues fables: Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:
  • 2 Tim 2:16-18 : 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse. 17 And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus, 18 Which about the trueth haue erred, saying that the resurrection is past alredie, & do ouerthrowe the fayth of some.
  • 2 Tim 2:20 : 20 But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde, and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth: some to honour, and some vnto dishonour.
  • 2 Tim 3:7 : 7 Euer learnyng, and neuer able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But the euyll men and deceauers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceauyng and deceaued.
  • 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 For the tyme wyll come, when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine: but after their owne lustes, shal they whose eares itche, get the an heape of teachers:
  • Titus 1:9-9 : 9 Holdyng fast the faythfull worde, which is accordyng to doctrine, that he may be able both to exhort in wholsome doctrine, and to improue them that say agaynst it. 10 For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they that are of ye circumcision, 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.
  • Titus 3:9-9 : 9 But foolishe questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striuinges about the lawe, auoyde: for they are vnprofitable and vayne. 10 A man that is an aucthour of sectes, after the first and the seconde admonition, auoyde: 11 Knowyng, that he that is such, is subuerted and sinneth, beyng dampned of hym selfe.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not profited the that haue ben occupied therin.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou hast there, them that maynetayne the doctrine of Balaam, whiche taught in Balacke, to put a stumblyng blocke before the chyldren of Israel, that they shoulde eate of meate dedicate vnto idols, & commit fornicatio.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see.
  • Rev 21:18 : 18 And the buylding of the wall of it was of Iasper, and the citie was pure golde lyke vnto cleare glasse.

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  • 1 Cor 3:9-11
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    9For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie ye are Gods buyldyng.

    10Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon.

    11For other foundation can no man lay, then that that is layde, which is Iesus Christe.

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    13Euery mans worke shal appeare. The day shall declare it, because it shalbe reuealed by the fire: And the fire shall trie euery mans worke what it is.

    14If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde, he shall receaue a reward.

    15If any mans worke burne, he shall suffer losse, but he shalbe safe hym selfe: neuertheles, yet as it were through fire.

    16Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirite of God dwelleth in you?

    17If any man defyle the temple of God, hym shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

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    19But the strong foundation of God standeth styl, hauyng this seale: The Lorde knoweth the that are his: And, let euery one that nameth the name of Christe, depart from iniquitie.

    20But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde, and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth: some to honour, and some vnto dishonour.

    21If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke.

  • Eph 2:20-22
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    20And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes, Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone,

    21In whom all the buyldyng coupled together, groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde.

    22In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite.

  • 7That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,

  • 1 Pet 2:4-7
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    4To whom ye come, as vnto a lyuyng stone, disalowed of men, but chosen of God and precious:

    5And ye as lyuely stones, be you made a spirituall house, an holy priesthood, for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices, acceptable to God by Iesus Christe.

    6Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture: beholde, I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner, elect and precious, and he that beleueth on hym, shall not be confounded.

    7Unto you therfore which beleue, he is precious: but vnto them whiche beleue not, the stone which the buylders refused, the same is made the head of the corner:

  • 4For euery house is buylded of some man: But he that buylded all thynges, is God.

  • 48He is lyke a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layde the foundation on a rocke. And when the waters arose, the fludde beat vpon that house, and coulde not moue it: For it was grounded vpon a rocke.

  • 19Laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation agaynst the tyme to come, that they may lay holde on eternall lyfe.

  • 16Therfore thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone, euen a tryed stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: who so beleueth, let hym not be to hastie.

  • 29Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym,

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    10And the foundation was layde vpon rich stones, and that very great stones, whereof some were ten cubites, and some eyght cubites.

    11And aboue were riche stones, squared after a certayne rule, and couered with Cedar.

  • 9Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: Euery tree therfore which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • Ezek 15:3-4
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    3Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall? or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron?

    4Behold, it is cast in the fire to be brent, the fire consumeth both the endes of it, the middes of it is brent: is it meete then for any worke?

  • 3Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp.

  • 11Seyng then that all these thynges shall perisshe, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlynesse:

  • 10Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • 11This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner:

  • 1For we knowe, that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed, we haue a building of God, an habitation not made with handes, but eternall in heauen.

  • 21As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him.

  • Matt 7:24-26
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    24Therfore, whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt his house vpon a rocke:

    25And the rayne descended, and the fluddes came, and the wyndes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not, because it was grounded on a rocke.

    26And euery one that heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth them not, shalbe lykened vnto a foolyshe man, which buylt his house vpon the sande:

  • 3Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes.

  • 3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

  • 2Moreouer, I haue prepared with all my might for the house of my God, golde for vessels of golde, siluer for them of siluer, brasse for thinges of brasse, iron for thinges of iron, & wood for thynges of wood, and onix stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of diuers colours, & al maner of precious stones, & marble stones in great aboundaunce.

  • 19Euery tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre.

  • 4Three rowes of rough stones, and one rowe of newe timber: and the expences shalbe geuen of the kinges house.

  • 6Yf a man byde not in me, he is cast foorth as a braunch, and withereth, and men gather them, and cast them into the fyre, and they burne.

  • 15Moreouer, thou hast workemen with thee mowe, and masons, and carpenters to worke in stone and timber, & many men that be actiue for euery worke,

  • 19And the foundations of the wall of the citie were garnisshed with all maner of precious stones. The first foundation was Iasper, the seconde Saphire, the third a Chalcedonie, the fourth an Emeralde,

  • 6Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof?

  • 6The stones of it are a place of Saphires, and the dust of it is golde.

  • 19Shall the caruer make hym a carued image? and shall the goldesmith couer hym with golde, or cast hym into a fourme of siluer plates?

  • 11For the stone shall crye out of the wal, and the beame out of the timber shall aunswere it.