Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
And whether the building which any one is erecting on that foundation be of gold or silver or costly stones, of timber or hay or straw--
New American Standard Bible
Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver,
King James Version
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Holman Bible
If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver,
International Standard Version
Whether a person builds on this foundation with gold, silver, expensive stones, wood, hay, or straw,
A Conservative Version
And if any man builds upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
American Standard Version
But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Amplified
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
An Understandable Version
But if anyone [i.e., a preacher or soul winner] builds on this foundation with gold, silver, expensive building stones, wood, grass, or straw,
Anderson New Testament
If any man builds on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
Bible in Basic English
But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
Common New Testament
Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Daniel Mace New Testament
now if upon this foundation somebody builds gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble: he that builds such work,
Darby Translation
Now if any one build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,
Godbey New Testament
But if any one builds upon the foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Goodspeed New Testament
And whether one uses gold or silver or costly stone in building on the foundation, or wood or hay or straw,
John Wesley New Testament
wood, hay, stubble, Every one's work shall be made manifest;
Julia Smith Translation
And if any one build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stalks;
King James 2000
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now if anyone builds upon the foundation [with] gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,
Modern King James verseion
And if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble:
Moffatt New Testament
On that foundation anyone may build gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
Montgomery New Testament
On that foundation, if a man proceeds to build gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each man's work will be made manifest.
NET Bible
If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
New Heart English Bible
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
Noyes New Testament
But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
Sawyer New Testament
And if any man builds on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, reeds,
The Emphasized Bible
But, if anyone is building, upon the foundation - gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, timbers, hay, stubble;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Whatever is used by those who build upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
Webster
Now if any man buildeth upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Williams New Testament
And whether one puts into the building on the foundation gold or silver or costly stones, or wood or hay or straw,
World English Bible
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
Worrell New Testament
And, if any one builds on the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Worsley New Testament
silver, precious stones, or wood, hay, stubble;
Youngs Literal Translation
and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --
Themes
Christian ministers » Works » Tested
Gold » Illustrative of » True converts
Manifestation » What shall be manifested
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 3:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Divisiveness And Immaturity
11 For no one can lay any other foundation in addition to that which is already laid, namely Jesus Christ. 12 And whether the building which any one is erecting on that foundation be of gold or silver or costly stones, of timber or hay or straw-- 13 the true character of each individual's work will become manifest. For the day of Christ will disclose it, because that day is soon to come upon us clothed in fire, and as for the quality of every one's work-- the fire is the thing which will test it.
Cross References
Matthew 15:6-9
he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
Acts 20:30
and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them.
Romans 16:17
But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them.
2 Corinthians 2:17
We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God, in God's presence and in communion with Christ, so we speak.
2 Corinthians 4:2
Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience.
Colossians 2:8
Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following Christ.
Colossians 2:18-23
Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
Now the Spirit expressly declares that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons;
1 Timothy 4:6-7
If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.
1 Timothy 6:3
So teach and exhort. If any one is a teacher of any other kind of doctrine, and refuses assent to wholesome instructions--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and the teaching that harmonizes with true godliness,
2 Timothy 2:16-18
But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for those who indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety,
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.
2 Timothy 3:7
and are always learning something new, and yet are never able to arrive at real knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:13
But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.
2 Timothy 4:3
For a time is coming when they will not tolerate wholesome instruction, but, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will find a multitude of teachers to satisfy their own fancies;
Titus 1:9-11
holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.
Titus 3:9-11
But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies and pedigrees and discussions and wrangling about the Law, for they are useless and vain.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be drawn aside by all sorts of strange teaching; for it is well to have the heart made stedfast through God's grace, and not by special kinds of food, from which those who scrupulously attend to them have derived no benefit.
1 Peter 1:7
The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your faith--being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:14
Yet I have a few things against you, because you have with you some that cling to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel--to eat what had been sacrificed to idols, and commit fornication.
Revelation 3:18
Therefore I counsel you to buy of Me gold refined in the fire that you may become rich, and white robes to put on, so as to hide your shameful nakedness, and eye-salve to anoint your eyes with, so that you may be able to see.
Revelation 21:18
The solid fabric of the wall was jasper; and the city itself was made of gold, resembling transparent glass.