1 Corinthians 3:10-15 Using the unearned favor shown to me by God Note: Paul here probably refers to his apostleship and its attending spiritual gifts, as an expert building contractor, I laid the foundation i.e., in starting the Corinthian church, and someone else is building on it i.e., Apollos. See verse.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ Using the unearned favor shown to me by God [Note: Paul here probably refers to his apostleship and its attending spiritual gifts], as an expert building contractor, I laid the foundation [i.e., in starting the Corinthian church], and someone else is building on it [i.e., Apollos. See verse 6]. ¹¹ For no one can lay [any] other foundation than the one which [God] has [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² But if anyone [i.e., a preacher or soul winner] builds on this foundation with gold, silver, expensive building stones, wood, grass, or straw, ¹³ [the quality of] each person’s work will become evident [i.e., for what is it made of]. For the [judgment] day will expose his workmanship. And it will be revealed by the fire [of judgment], which will test the quality of a person’s workmanship [i.e., the faithfulness of his converts]. ¹⁴ If the work of anyone lasts [i.e., if his converts are judged faithful], he will receive a reward [i.e., his converts will constitute part of his reward]. ¹⁵ But if anyone’s work is burned up [i.e., does not survive the judgment], he will experience loss [i.e., of his converts], but he himself will [still] be saved, like a person escaping from the fire [i.e., of a burning building, which consumes his efforts].