1 Corinthians 3:15 (WEB)
If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
Catechism · 2
"I Believe in Life Everlasting"
“The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. the tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 3:15; 1 Pet 1:7.
"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"
“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 · 13
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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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“That Peter cries to the Lord for help that he should not be drowned, signifies that He shall purge His Church with certain trials even after the last persecution; as Paul also notes, saying, “He shall be saved, yet so as by fire.” [1 Cor 3:15]” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“We for our part as men charge and teach you thus: but make not ye our building hay and stubble and chaff, lest we suffer loss, from our work being burnt up: but make ye our work gold, and silver, and precious stones!” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 12, 15.
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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““Neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure;” so that Thou mayest cleanse me in this life, and make me such, that I may after that stand in no need of the cleansing fire, for those “who are to be saved, yet so as by fire.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 15.
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 some of the dead, indeed, the prayer of the Church or of pious individuals is heard; but it is for those who, having been regenerated in Christ, did not spend their life so wickedly that they can be judged unworthy of such compassion, nor so well that they can be considered to have no need of it.” — editor's note: [This contains the germ of the doctrine of purgatory, which was afterwards more fully developed by Pope Gregory I., and adopted by the Roman church, but…
Read the whole comment“And who then is it, they ask, of whom the Apostle Paul says, “But he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 15. [This is the chief passage quoted in favor of purgatory. See note on p. 470. The Apostle uses a figurative term for narrow escape from…
Read the whole comment“And further, if a wicked man shall be saved by fire on account of his faith alone, and if this is what the blessed Apostle Paul means when he says, “But he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire;” then faith without works can save a man, and what his fellow-apostle James says must be false.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 15
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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Ambrose of Milan
“And further on: “If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iii. 15.
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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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Cross-references · 19
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 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 67.
Cited together in Catechism §1031.
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 Catechism §1031.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 14:22–33 (9) (Catena Aurea).
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.