Lord, your teachings are good for me.\par They are better than 1,000 pieces\par of silver and gold.\par
1 Corinthians 3:12 - Easy To Read Version A person can build on that foundation, using gold, silver, jewels, wood, grass, or straw. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, American Standard Version (1901) But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; Common English Bible So, whether someone builds on top of the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, or hay, Catholic Public Domain Version But if anyone builds upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble: |
Lord, your teachings are good for me.\par They are better than 1,000 pieces\par of silver and gold.\par
The Lord’s teachings are worth more than the best gold.\par They are sweeter than the best honey\par that comes straight from the honeycomb.\par
Wisdom is worth much more than gold. Understanding is worth much more than silver.
So, don’t try to change the things God says. If you do, he will punish you and prove that you tell lies.
Accept my discipline.\par It is worth more than silver.\par It is worth more than the best gold.\par
“You now have copper,\par I will bring you gold.\par You now have iron,\par I will bring you silver.\par I will change your wood into copper.\par I will change your rocks into iron.\par I will change your punishment into peace.\par People now hurt you,\par but people will do good things for you.\par
Straw is not the same thing as wheat! In the same way, those prophets’ dreams are not messages from me. If a person wants to tell about his dreams, then let him. But let the man that hears my message speak my message truthfully.
Also, men from your own group will become bad leaders. They will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some followers \{of Jesus\} away from the truth.
Brothers and sisters, I ask you to be very careful of those people that cause people to be against each other. Be very careful of those people that upset other people’s faith. Those people are against the true teaching you learned. Stay away from those people.
The foundation has already been built. No person can build any other foundation. The foundation that has already been built is Jesus Christ.
But the work that each person does will be clearly seen, because the Day {\cf2\super [18]} will make it plain. That Day will appear with fire, and the fire will test every man’s work.
We don’t sell the word of God for a profit like many other people do. No! But in Christ we speak in truth before God. We speak like men sent from God.
But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. No! We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.
Be sure that no person leads you away with false ideas and words that mean nothing. Those ideas come from people, not Christ. Those ideas are the worthless ideas of people in the world.
Some people will teach things that are false. Those people will not agree with the true teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ. And they will not accept the teaching that agrees with the true way to serve God.
In a large house there are things made of gold and silver. But also there are things made of wood and clay. Some things are used for special purposes. Other things are made for dirty jobs.
People who are evil and cheat other people will become worse and worse. They will fool other people, but they will also be fooling themselves.
Those women always try to learn \{new teachings\}, but they are never able to fully understand the truth.
The time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching. But people will find more and more teachers that please them. People will find teachers that say the things those people want to hear.
Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace (kindness), not by obeying rules about foods. Obeying those rules doesn’t help people.
Why do these troubles happen? To prove that your faith is pure (true). This purity of faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. The purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ appears (comes).
“But I have a few things against you: You have people there \{in your group\} who follow the teaching of Balaam. Balaam taught Balak how to make the people of Israel {\cf2\super [17]} sin. Those people sinned by eating food offered to idols {\cf2\super [18]} and by doing sexual sins.
The wall was made of jasper. The city was made of pure gold, as pure as glass.
I advise you to buy gold from me—gold made pure in fire. Then you can be truly rich. I tell you this: Buy clothes that are white. Then you can cover your shameful nakedness. I also tell you to buy medicine to put on your eyes. Then you can truly see.