1 Corinthians 3:10-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

Here the apostle instructs them how to cure this humour, and rectify what was amiss among them upon this head, I. By reminding them that the ministers about whom they contended were but ministers: Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed? Even as the Lord gave to every man, 1 Cor. 3:5. They are but ministers, mere instruments used by the God of all grace. Some of the factious people in Corinth seem to have made more of them, as if they were lords of their faith,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:11-15

Here the apostle informs us what foundation he had laid at the bottom of all his labours among them?even Jesus Christ, the chief corner-stone, Eph. 2:20. Upon this foundation all the faithful ministers of Christ build. Upon this rock all the Christians found their hopes. Those that build their hopes of heaven on any other foundation build upon the sand. Other foundation can no man lay besides what is laid?even Jesus Christ. Note, The doctrine of our Saviour and his mediation is the principal... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

3:10-15 According to the grace of God that was given to me, I laid the foundation like a skilled master-builder, but another builds upon it. Let each see to it how he builds upon it; for no one can lay any other foundation beside that which is already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds upon that foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, straw, stubble, it will become quite clear what each man's work is. The Day will show it because it is going to be revealed by fire, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God which is given unto me ,.... Lest the apostle should be thought to be too much elated with the characters he had given of himself, and other ministers, or to assume too much to himself, in what he was about to say of himself, he ascribes all the gifts he had, and the usefulness he was of, as a labourer and builder in the church of God, to rich grace; by which he was called unto, and qualified for such work: as a wise master builder. This same phrase, σοφος... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:11

For other foundation can no man lay ,.... Men may attempt to lay other foundations than Christ, and build upon them, but to no purpose; they will be of no avail; all besides him are sandy foundations; such as fleshly privileges, a carnal descent, a religious education, an external profession of religion, a man's own righteousness, and the absolute mercy of God; but men ought to lay no other, nor can they, that will be of any advantage to themselves or others: than that which is laid ; by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:12

Now if any man build upon this foundation ,.... The different materials laid by one and the same man, on this foundation, or the different doctrines advanced upon it, are some of them comparable to gold, silver, precious stones ; for their intrinsic worth and value; for the purity and sincerity of them; for their weight, importance, solidity, and substantiality; for their durableness; for the great esteem they are had in by those, who know the worth of them; and for the great usefulness... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:13

Every man's work shall be made manifest ,.... The doctrine he preaches shall be sooner or later made manifest to himself, and to his hearers; who shall see the inconsistency, irregularity, and deformity of such a building; at first so well laid, then piled up with such excellent materials, and at last covered in with such trifling or incoherent stuff: for the day shall declare it ; meaning not the day of judgment, though that is often called the day, or that day, and will be attended... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:14

If any man's work abide ,.... That is, if any minister's doctrine will bear the test of daylight, to be looked into, and abide the fire of the word; as gold, silver, and precious stones will, or such doctrines as are comparable to them, which will shine the brighter for being tried by this fire: which he hath built thereupon ; upon the foundation Christ, in entire consistence with, and proportion to it, and highly becoming it: he shall receive a reward ; either from the churches of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:15

If any man's work shall be burnt ,.... If any minister's doctrine he has preached shall be destroyed and disappear, shall be disapproved of, and rejected by the churches, not being able, to bear the light and heat of the fire of God's word: he shall suffer loss ; of all his labour and pains he has been at, in collecting together such trifling, useless, and inconsistent things; and of all that glory and popular applause he might expect from men, on account of them, and which was the snare... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10

As a wise master builder - Ὡς σοφος αρχιτεκτων . The design or plan of the building is from God; all things must be done according to the pattern which he has exhibited; but the execution of this plan was entrusted chiefly to St. Paul; he was the wise or experienced architect which God used in order to lay the foundation; to ascertain the essential and immutable doctrines of the Gospel - those alone which came from God, and which alone he would bless to the salvation of mankind. Let... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:5-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:11-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:10

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