But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.
1 Corinthians 3:15 - New Revised Standard Version If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. [Job 23:10.] American Standard Version (1901) If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire. Common English Bible But if anyone’s work goes up in flames, they’ll lose it. However, they themselves will be saved as if they had gone through a fire. Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire. |
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
you let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.
I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a brand snatched from the fire; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.
And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this man a brand plucked from the fire?”
Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and thereby avoided this damage and loss.
and the rest to follow, some on planks and others on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land.
And “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinners?”
Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies.
Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich; and white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.