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1 Corinthians 3:11
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KJ21
For no man can lay another foundation than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
ASV
For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
AMP
for no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ.
AMPC
For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
BRG
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
CSB
For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.
CSBA
For no one can lay any foundation other than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.
CEB
No one can lay any other foundation besides the one that is already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
CJB
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Yeshua the Messiah.
CEV
because Christ is the only foundation.
DARBY
For other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ.
DLNT
For no one can lay another foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
DRA
For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid; which is Christ Jesus.
ERV
The foundation that has already been built is Jesus Christ, and no one can build any other foundation.
EASY
God has already put Jesus Christ as the only foundation of this building. So nobody can put any other foundation there.
EHV
In fact, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
ESV
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
ESVUK
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
EXB
The foundation that has already been laid is Jesus Christ, and no one can lay down any other foundation.
GNV
For other foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
GW
After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that foundation is Jesus Christ.
GNT
For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid.
HCSB
For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.
ICB
The foundation has already been built. No one can build any other foundation. The foundation that has already been laid is Jesus Christ.
ISV
After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that is Jesus the Messiah.
PHILLIPS
I, like an architect who knows his job, by the grace God has given me, lay the foundation; someone else builds upon it. I only say this, let the builder be careful how he builds! The foundation is laid already, and no one can lay another, for it is Jesus Christ himself. But any man who builds on the foundation using as his material gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay or stubble, must know that each man’s work will one day be shown for what it is. The day will show it plainly enough, for the day will arise in a blaze of fire, and that fire will prove the nature of each man’s work. If the work that the man has built upon the foundation will stand this test, he will be rewarded. But if a man’s work be destroyed under the test, he loses it all. He personally will be safe, though rather like a man rescued from a fire.
JUB
¶ For no one can lay another foundation than that laid, which is Jesus the Christ.
KJV
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
AKJV
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
LSB
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
LEB
For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
TLB
And no one can ever lay any other real foundation than that one we already have—Jesus Christ.
MSG
Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God’s field in which we are working. Or, to put it another way, you are God’s house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you’ll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won’t get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn’t, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won’t be torn out; you’ll survive—but just barely.
MEV
For no one can lay another foundation than that which was laid, which is Jesus Christ.
MOUNCE
For no one is able to lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NOG
After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that foundation is Yeshua Christ.
NABRE
for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ.
NASB
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NASB1995
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NCB
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has already been laid, namely, Jesus Christ.
NCV
The foundation that has already been laid is Jesus Christ, and no one can lay down any other foundation.
NET
For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NIRV
No one can lay any other foundation than what has already been laid. That foundation is Jesus Christ.
NIV
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NIVUK
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NKJV
For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NLV
Jesus Christ is the Stone on which other stones for the building must be laid. It can be only Christ.
NLT
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
NMB
For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
NRSVA
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
NRSVACE
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
NRSVCE
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
NRSVUE
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.
NTFE
Nobody can lay any foundation, you see, except the one which is laid, which is Jesus the Messiah!
OJB
For no other yesod other than the one that has been laid can be laid: Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. [YESHAYAH 28:16]
RGT
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid; which is Jesus Christ.
RSV
For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
RSVCE
For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
TLV
For no one can lay any other foundation than what is already laid—which is Yeshua the Messiah.
VOICE
There is, in fact, only one foundation, and no one can lay any foundation other than Jesus the Anointed.
WEB
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
WE
Jesus Christ himself is the foundation. No one can make another one.
WYC
For no man may set another foundament, except that that is set [besides that that is set], which is Christ Jesus.
YLT
for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;
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