1 Corinthians 3:10-15

International Standard Version

The Messiah is Our Foundation

¹⁰ As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it. ¹¹ After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that is Jesus the Messiah.^{[a] 12} Whether a person builds on this foundation with gold, silver, expensive stones, wood, hay, or straw, ¹³ the workmanship of each person will become evident, for the day of judgment^[b] will show what it is, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s action. ¹⁴ If what a person has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.^{[c] 15} If his work is burned up, he will suffer loss. However, he himself will be saved, but it will be like going through fire.