1 CORINTHIANS 3:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.”
If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward — if the materials are fireproof (gold, silver, stone), the work 'survives' (menō, remains) and the builder receives 'reward' (misthos). This incentivizes faithful, Christ-centered labor. Paul is not teaching salvation by works but that the quality of believers' earthly labor has eternal consequence and recognition.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 3:14
This is no small subject of enquiry which we propose, but rather about things which are of the first necessity and which all men enquire about; namely, whether hell fire have any end. For that it has no end Christ indeed declared when he said, “Their fire shall not be quenched, and their worm shall not die.” [Mark 8:44, 46, 48.] Well: I know that a chill comes over you (ναρκᾶτε) on hearing these things; but what am I to do? For this is God's own command, continually to sound…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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