But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
1 Corinthians 3:15 - Revised Standard Version If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself 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 tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.
thou didst let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet thou hast brought us forth to a spacious place.
“I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; 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 a brand plucked from the fire?”
As they had been long without food, Paul then came forward among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.
And “If the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the impious and sinner appear?”
Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.