1 Corinthians 3:8-15

New International Version

⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.^{(A) 9} For we are co-workers in God’s service;^(B) you are God’s field,^(C) God’s building.^(D)

¹⁰ By the grace God has given me,^(E) I laid a foundation^(F) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. ¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.^{(G) 12} If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is,^(H) because the Day^(I) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.^{(J) 14} If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.^{(K) 15} If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.^(L)