Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. New Living Translation If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. English Standard Version If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. Berean Standard Bible If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. Berean Literal Bible If the work of anyone that he built up will remain, he will receive a reward. King James Bible If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. New King James Version If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. New American Standard Bible If anyone’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. NASB 1995 If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. NASB 1977 If any man’s work which he has built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward. Legacy Standard Bible If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. Amplified Bible If any person’s work which he has built [on this foundation, that is, any outcome of his effort] remains [and survives this test], he will receive a reward. Christian Standard Bible If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. Holman Christian Standard Bible If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. American Standard Version If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And whosever work shall remain shall receive his reward from The Builder. Contemporary English Version We will be rewarded if our building is left standing. Douay-Rheims Bible If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. English Revised Version If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. GOD'S WORD® Translation If what a person has built survives, he will receive a reward. Good News Translation If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward. International Standard Version If what a person has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. Literal Standard Version if the work of anyone remains that he built on [it], he will receive a wage; Majority Standard Bible If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. New American Bible If the work stands that someone built upon the foundation, that person will receive a wage. NET Bible If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. New Revised Standard Version If what has been built on the foundation survives, the builder will receive a reward. New Heart English Bible If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. Webster's Bible Translation If any man's work abideth which he hath built upon it, he shall receive a reward. Weymouth New Testament If any one's work--the building which he has erected--stands the test, he will be rewarded. World English Bible If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. Young's Literal Translation if of any one the work doth remain that he built on it, a wage he shall receive; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Christ Our Foundation…13his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 3:8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. 1 Corinthians 9:17 If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility. Galatians 6:4 Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else. Treasury of Scripture If any man's work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 1 Corinthians 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. Daniel 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Jump to Previous Abide Abideth Building Built Erected Foundation One's Receive Reward Rewarded Stands Survives Test Thereon Thereupon Wage WorkJump to Next Abide Abideth Building Built Erected Foundation One's Receive Reward Rewarded Stands Survives Test Thereon Thereupon Wage Work1 Corinthians 3 1. Milk is fit for children.3. Strife and division, arguments of a fleshly mind. 7. He who plants and He who waters are nothing. 9. The ministers are God's fellow workmen. 11. Christ the only foundation. 16. You are the temples of God, which must be kept holy. 19. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. (14) This is the general application to Christian teachers of what has gone before. Those who have built well shall have their reward in their work having survived the trial of the fire; those who have built otherwise shall lose everything--their work, which should have remained as their reward, will perish in the fire--and they themselves will be as men who only make good their escape by rushing through a conflagration, leaving all that was theirs to be destroyed. (See Mark 9:49.)Verse 14. - If any man's work shall abide. St. Paul is speaking primarily of teachers, though, of course, his words apply by analogy to all believers. He shall receive a reward. One of the teacher's rewards will be his converts (1 Thessalonians 2:19), who will be "his joy and crown of glorying" (Philippians 2:16); another will be "a crown of glory that fadeth not away" (1 Peter 5:2, 4; Daniel 12:3); yet another will be fresh opportunities for higher labour (Matthew 25:23). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Ifεἴ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. what he has built ἐποικοδόμησεν (epoikodomēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2026: To build upon (above) a foundation. From epi and oikodomeo; to build upon, i.e. to rear up. survives, μενεῖ (menei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. he will receive λήμψεται (lēmpsetai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. a reward. μισθὸν (misthon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3408: (a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment. Apparently a primary word; pay for service, good or bad. 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