1 Corinthians 3:13 (WEB)
each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
Catechism · 1
“By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 3:18; 12:48; Mt 12:32; I Cor 3:12-15; Heb 6:4-6; 10:26-31.
Fathers and councils · 15
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.13Book IV
“If any man’s work be burned, he shall suffer loss.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. iii. 13–15.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Then if any man’s works are of gold, he shall be made brighter; if any man’s course of life be like stubble, and unsubstantial, it shall be burnt up by the fire.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 12, 13. On ἀνυπόστατον, see Index. On δοκιμαστικόν, compare The Teaching of the Apostles, § 16: “Then all created mankind shall come to the fire of…
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Cyprian of Carthage
“It is one thing, tortured by long suffering for sins, to be cleansed and long purged by fire; another to have purged all sins by suffering.” — editor's note: These words are variously read, “to be purged divinely,” or “to be purged for a long while,” scil. “purgari divine,” or “purgari diutine.” [Candid Romish…
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Augustine of Hippo
“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“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““Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,”—the day, no doubt, of tribulation—“because,” says he, “it shall be revealed by fire.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 13.
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
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Or, we are baptized now with the Spirit, hereafter with fire; as the Apostle speaks, “Fire shall try every man’s work, of what sort it is.” [1 Cor 3:13] [ed. note, e: The fire here spoken of is interpreted by S. Austin, (Enchir.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Wherefore the Apostle says: “The fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 13.
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Basil the Great
“Here He calls the trial at the judgment the baptism of fire, as the apostle says, “The fire shall try every man’s work, of what sort it is.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 13.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…raised up for us, and a chief corner stone, knitting us to itself and to one another, was laid in due season, or a fire to purify our base and evil matter, or a farmer’s fan to winnow the light from the weighty in doctrine, or a sword to cut out the roots of wickedness; and so the Word finds him as his own ally,…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 13, 15.
Read the whole comment“Perhaps in it they will be baptized with Fire, in that last Baptism which is more painful and longer, which devours wood like grass, and consumes the stubble of every evil.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 12–19.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Mark
“Similar to this is that which the Apostle says, “And the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.” [1 Cor 3:13]” — the author cites it
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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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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Mark 9:43–50 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.13.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.21.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Mark 9:43–50 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 3:11–12 (2) (Catena Aurea).