1 Corinthians 3:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

Man's

1 Corinthians 3:14

1 Corinthians 4:5

2 Timothy 3:9

The day

Revelation 20:12

Shall be revealed

Luke 2:35

And the fire

1 Peter 4:12

General references

Matthew 7:27

Luke 14:30

Bible References

Man's

If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

The day

He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

"They will belong to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened -- the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.

Shall be revealed

Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed -- and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!"

And the fire

Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!

"'This is because they have led my people astray saying, "All is well," when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, they coat it with whitewash.

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold -- gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away -- and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

General references

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"

They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'