1 Corinthians 3:12
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Now if any man build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
But if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
So, whether someone builds on top of the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, or hay,
Some will use gold, silver or precious stones in building on this foundation; while others will use wood, grass or straw.
Whatever we build on this foundation will be tested by fire on the day of judgment. Then everyone will find out if we have used gold, silver, and precious stones, or wood, hay, and straw.
Now if any one build upon [this] foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,
And if one builds gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw upon the foundation,
Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble:
People can build on that foundation using gold, silver, jewels, wood, grass, or straw.
People may build on this foundation with gold, silver or valuable stones. Or they may build on it with wood, dry grass or leaves.
But if anyone is building on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
But if ·people [anyone; someone] build on that foundation, using gold, silver, ·jewels [precious stones], wood, ·grass [or hay], or straw,
And if any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble,
People may build on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw.
Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw.
If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
Anyone can build on that foundation, using gold, silver, jewels, wood, grass, or straw.
Whether a person builds on this foundation with gold, silver, expensive stones, wood, hay, or straw,
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.
Now if anyone builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Now if anyone builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,
But there are various kinds of materials that can be used to build on that foundation. Some use gold and silver and jewels; and some build with sticks and hay or even straw!
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.
Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble,
If · anyone is building on the foundation with gold, silver, gems, wood, hay, straw—
People may build on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw.
If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Now if anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, and precious stones, or with wood, hay, and straw,
But if people build on that foundation, using gold, silver, jewels, wood, grass, or straw,
If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
A person may build on it using gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay or straw.
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Now if a man builds on the Stone with gold or silver or beautiful stones, or if he builds with wood or grass or straw,
Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.
And whether anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble,
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass or straw—
Now if anyone builds on the yesod with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble
And if anyone builds gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble upon this foundation,
Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble—
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
As others build on the foundation (whether with gold, silver, gemstones, wood, hay, or straw),
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
People build with gold, silver, very fine stones, wood, grass, or straw on top of the foundation.
For if any man buildeth over this foundament, gold, silver, precious stones, sticks, hay, or stubble, [Forsooth if any man build upon this foundament, gold, silver, precious stones, sticks, hay, stubble,]
and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --
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