1 Corinthians 3:11 (WEB)
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Catechism · 1
“It is this holy city that is seen by John as it comes down out of heaven from God when the world is made anew, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. 1 Cor 3:9; Mt 21:42 and parallels; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:7; PS 118:22; 1 Cor 3:11; 1 Tim 3:15; Eph 2:19-22; Rev 21:3; 1 Pet 2:5; Rev 21:1-2.
Fathers and councils · 28
Gregory of Nyssa
“He is at once our foundation before the world to come, according to the words of Paul, who says, “Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid,” and it is true that “before the springs of the waters came forth, before the mountains were settled, before He made the depths, and before all hills, He begetteth Me.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For this knowing, the Apostle also writes, ‘Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ; but let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 10, 11; Didym. Trin. iii. 3. p. 341.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For where was that charity building upon the “foundation” of humility, “which is Jesus Christ”?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“For they shall suffer loss, but shall be saved, as by fire.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11, 12, 13, 15.
Read the whole comment“For all that, though we should be “saved by fire,” yet will that fire be more grievous than anything that man can suffer in this life whatsoever.…” — editor's note: [See Augustin’s ideas as to a possible meaning of the text 1 Cor. iii. 11–15 in vol. ii. this series, p. 474. He there propounds, as a conjecture merely, a…
Read the whole comment“For “other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment““For other foundation no one is able to lay, except that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“…foundation is Christ Himself, born of the Virgin, of whom the Apostle says, “Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus;” next the Apostles and Prophets themselves, by whose authority the heavenly place is chosen, that by obeying them we may be builded together with them; whence…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“3. …But that ye may know that Christ is at once the earliest and the highest foundation, the Apostle saith, “Other foundation can no man lay than is laid, which is Christ Jesus.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“That Servant of God, that Builder, who said, “Ye are God’s building.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 9–11.
Read the whole comment“What is the foundation of the Church, but that of which the Apostle saith, “Other foundation can no man lay but that is laid, which is Christ Jesus.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“And for this reason the words, “Thou hast grounded them,” are rightly thus understood, because they are shown to be true in Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“The Apostle Paul saith, “Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Christ Jesus.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment““For no other foundation can any man lay,” says the Apostle, “than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“But if any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11–15.
Read the whole comment““For other foundation,” says the apostle, “can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11
Read the whole comment“Chapter 68.—The True Sense of the Passage (I Cor. III. 11–15) About Those Who are Saved, Yet So as by Fire.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The Church, therefore, which is founded in Christ received from Him the keys of the kingdom of heaven in the person of Peter, that is to say, the power of binding and loosing sins.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
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Gregory the Great
“Now the excellent preacher says, Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Christ Jesus (1 Cor. iii. 11).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“As Paul has shown when he says, “By Him were all things created,” and “by Him all things consist”; for which reason He has been called also “Root” and “Foundation.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 10, 11
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Leo the Great
“…trace of either Nestorius’ or Eutyches’ error be found in God’s people: because “no one can lay any foundation except that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus;” who would not have reconciled the whole world to God the Father, had He not by the regeneration of Faith adopted us all in the reality of our flesh.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
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Jerome
“We know, too, that on the foundation of Christ which Paul the master builder has laid, some build up gold, silver, and precious stones; others, on the contrary, hay, wood, and stubble.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 10–12.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For this reason Paul has made Christ to be the foundation, so that we may build upon Him the works of justice, whilst faith is the foundation.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
Read the whole comment“The foundation is Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
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Aphrahat
“And there he defined the foundation and made it clear, for he said as follows:—No man can lay other foundation than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
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Tertullian
“…destined “to be taken away from Judah”—that is, from Judaism—for the erection of Christianity, in order “to lay that only foundation, which is Christ?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 11.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And another buildeth on it gold and silver, precious stones.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 10–13.
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Cited together in Confessions VII.20.
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Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Letters Letter 165.
Cited together in Catechism §756.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Catechism §756.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.21.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Catechism §756.