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1 Corinthians 3:10 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verse 10
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.1 Corinthians 3:10 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 3:10 in context
8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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Key words (Strong's)
- foundationthemelioslaid down as a foundation, the foundation , metaph. the foundations, beginnings, first…G2310 →
- Accordingkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- buildethepoikodomeōto build upon, build upG2026 →
- gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- wisesophoswise, skilled, expert of artificers, wise, skilled in letters, cultivated, learned, of…G4680 →
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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, Co1 3:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-10