King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
Complete Jewish Bible:
If the work someone 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.
American Standard Version:
If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
If any man's{G1536} work{G2041} abide{G3306} which{G3739} he hath built{G2026} thereupon, he shall receive{G2983} a reward{G3408}.
Cross-References (KJV):
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.
Matthew 25:21
- His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Matthew 25:23
- His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
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.
Matthew 24:45
- Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Matthew 24:47
- Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Revelation 2:8
- ¶ And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
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Commentary for 1 Corinthians 3:14
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G1536
There are 68 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: εἴ τις
Transliteration: eí tis
Pronunciation: i tis
Description: from εἰ and τὶς; if any:--he that, if a(-ny) man('s thing, from any, ought), whether any, whosoever. - Strong's Number: G2041
There are 161 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἔργον
Transliteration: érgon
Pronunciation: er'-gon
Description: from a primary (but obsolete) (to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act:--deed, doing, labour, work. - Strong's Number: G3306
There are 105 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: μένω
Transliteration: ménō
Pronunciation: men'-o
Description: a primary verb; to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy):--abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own. - Strong's Number: G3739
There are 1215 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὅς
Transliteration: hós
Pronunciation: ho
Description: probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article ὁ); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also οὗ. - Strong's Number: G2026
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἐποικοδομέω
Transliteration: epoikodoméō
Pronunciation: ep-oy-kod-om-eh'-o
Description: from ἐπί and οἰκοδομέω; to build upon, i.e. (figuratively) to rear up:--build thereon (thereupon, on, upon). - Strong's Number: G2983
There are 248 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: λαμβάνω
Transliteration: lambánō
Pronunciation: lam-ban'-o
Description: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas δέχομαι is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while αἱρέομαι is more violent, to seize or remove)):--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up). - Strong's Number: G3408
There are 28 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: μισθός
Transliteration: misthós
Pronunciation: mis-thos'
Description: apparently a primary word; pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad:--hire, reward, wages.