1 Corinthians 3:10

Easy To Read Version

Like an expert builder I built the foundation {\cf2\super [17]} of that house. I used the gift that God gave me to do this. Other people are building on that foundation. But each person should be careful how he builds.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:12

Hiram also said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He made heaven and earth. He gave a wise son to King David. Solomon, you have wisdom and understanding. You are building a temple {\cf2\super [19]} for the Lord. You are also building a king’s house for yourself.

Exodus 36:4

Finally, all the skilled workers left the work they were doing on the holy place, and they went to speak to Moses. They said,

Proverbs 12:8

People praise a wise man. But people don’t respect a stupid person.

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom built her house. She put the seven columns {\cf2\super [10]} in it.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

The Teacher was very wise. He used his wisdom to teach the people. The Teacher very carefully studied and arranged {\cf2\super [48]} many wise teachings.

Daniel 12:3

The wise people will shine as bright as the sky. The wise people that taught others to live right will shine like stars forever and ever. {\cf2\super [134]}

Zechariah 4:9

“Zerubbabel will lay the foundations for my temple. And Zerubbabel will finish building the temple. Then you will know that the Lord All-Powerful sent me to you people.

Matthew 24:45

“Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?

Matthew 7:24

“Every person that hears these things I say and obeys is like a wise man. The wise man built his house on rock.

Luke 11:35

So be careful! Don’t let the light in you become dark.

Luke 21:8

Jesus said, “Be careful! Don’t be fooled. Many people will come using my name. They will say, ‘I am \{the Christ {\cf2\super [332]} \}’ and, ‘The right time has come!’ But don’t follow them.

Acts 18:27

Apollos wanted to go to the country of Achaia. So the brothers \{in Ephesus\} helped him. They wrote a letter to the followers \{of Jesus in Achaia\}. In the letter they asked these followers to accept Apollos. These followers \{in Achaia\} had believed in Jesus because of God’s grace (kindness). When Apollos went there, he helped them very much.

Romans 1:5

Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle. {\cf2\super [7]} God gave me this work to lead people of all nations to believe and obey God. And I do this work for Christ.

Romans 12:3

God has given me a special gift. That is why I have something to say to every person among you. Don’t think that you are better than you really are. You must see yourself like you really are. Decide what you are by the kind of faith God has given you.

Romans 15:15

But I have written to you very openly about some things that I wanted you to remember. I did this because God gave me this special gift:

Romans 15:20

I always want to tell the Good News in places where people have never heard of Christ. I do this because I don’t want to build on the work that another person has already started.

1 Corinthians 3:11

The foundation has already been built. No person can build any other foundation. The foundation that has already been built is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:2

Other people may not accept me as an apostle. But surely you accept me as an apostle. You people are proof that I am an apostle in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 10:15

We limit our boasting to the work that is ours. We don’t boast in the work other people have done. We hope that your faith will continue to grow. We hope that you will help our work to grow much larger.

Ephesians 2:20

You believers are like a building that God owns. That building was built on the foundation that the apostles {\cf2\super [15]} and prophets {\cf2\super [16]} prepared. Christ himself is the most important stone {\cf2\super [17]} in that building.

Colossians 4:17

Tell Archippus, “Be sure to do the work the Lord gave you.”

1 Timothy 4:16

Be careful in your life and in your teaching. Continue to live and teach rightly. Then you will save yourself and those people who listen to your teaching.

2 Timothy 2:15

Do the very best you can to be the kind of person that God will accept, and give yourself to him. Be a worker who is not ashamed of his work—a worker who uses the true teaching in the right way.

James 3:1

My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers. Why? Because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly than other people.

1 Peter 4:11

The person who speaks should speak words from God. The person who serves should serve with the strength that God gives. You should do these things so that in everything God will be praised through Jesus Christ. Power and glory belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

2 Peter 3:15

Remember that we are saved because our Lord is patient. Our dear brother Paul told you that same thing when he wrote to you with the wisdom that God gave him.

Revelation 21:14

The walls of the city were built on twelve foundation stones. {\cf2\super [162]} On the stones were written the names of the twelve apostles {\cf2\super [163]} of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:19

The foundation stones {\cf2\super [166]} of the city walls had every kind of expensive jewels in them. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second was sapphire, the third was chalcedony, the fourth was emerald,