1 Korintus 3:12

3:12 If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, ¹ 

1 Korintus 3:14-15

3:14 If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. 3:15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. ²  He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

1 Korintus 3:17-18

3:17 If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

3:18 Guard against self-deception, each of you. ³  If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

[3:12]  ¹ sn The various materials described here, both valuable (gold, silver, precious stones) and worthless (wood, hay, or straw) refer to the quality of work built on the foundation, or possibly to the motivation of those doing the building. The materials themselves have been understood (1) as deeds or (2) as people (since ultimately the passage is addressing those who minister to others).

[3:15]  ² tn The translation “[will] be punished” is given here by BDAG 428 s.v. ζημιόω 2. But the next clause says “he will be delivered” and so “suffering loss” is more likely to refer to the destruction of the “work” by fire or the loss of the reward that could have been gained.

[3:18]  ³ tn Grk “let no one deceive himself.”