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1 Corinthians 3:12

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← 1 Corinthians 3:11	1 Corinthians 3:12 (KJV)	1 Corinthians 3:13 →
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.	Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;	Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now^G1161 if any man^G1536 build^G2026 upon^G1909 this^G5126 foundation^G2310 gold^G5557, silver^G696, precious^G5093 stones^G3037, wood^G3586, hay^G5528, stubble^G2562;

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Original Greek

εἰ δέ τις ἐποικοδομεῖ ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον τοῦτον χρυσόν, ἄργυρον, λίθους τιμίους, ξύλα, χόρτον, καλάμην,

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
εἰ	ei	G1487	COND	if any man
δέ	de	G1161	CONJ	Now
τις	tis	G5100	X-NSM
ἐποικοδομεῖ	epoikodomei	G2026	V-PAI-3S	build
ἐπὶ	epi	G1909	PREP	upon
τὸν	ton	G3588	T-ASM	*
θεμέλιον	themelion	G2310	N-ASM	foundation
τοῦτον	touton	G5126	D-ASM	this
χρυσόν,	chruson	G5557	N-ASM	gold
ἄργυρον,	arguron	G696	N-ASM	silver
λίθους	lithous	G3037	N-APM	stones
τιμίους,	timious	G5093	A-APM	precious
ξύλα,	xula	G3586	N-APN	wood
χόρτον,	chorton	G5528	N-ASM	hay
καλάμην,	kalamēn	G2562	N-ASF	stubble

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G696 — ἄργυρος (árgyros, ar'-goo-ros): silver as a metal — from (shining); silver (the metal, in the articles or coin):--silver.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1536 — εἴ τις (eí tis, i tis): from εἰ and τὶς; if any:--he that, if a(-ny) man('s thing, from any, ought), whether any, whosoever.
• G1909 — ἐπί (epí, ep-ee'): on, to, against, on the basis of, at — a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.:--about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
• G2026 — ἐποικοδομέω (epoikodoméō, ep-oy-kod-om-eh'-o): I build upon a foundation — from ἐπί and οἰκοδομέω; to build upon, i.e. (figuratively) to rear up:--build thereon (thereupon, on, upon).
• G2310 — θεμέλιος (themélios, them-el'-ee-os): belonging to the foundation — from a derivative of τίθημι; something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively):--foundation.
• G2562 — καλάμη (kalámē, kal-am'-ay): stubble — feminine of κάλαμος; a stalk of grain, i.e. (collectively) stubble:--stubble.
• G3037 — λίθος (líthos, lee'-thos): a stone — apparently a primary word; a stone (literally or figuratively):--(mill-, stumbling-)stone.
• G3586 — ξύλον (xýlon, xoo'-lon): a staff, cross, anything made of wood — from another form of the base of ξέστης; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:--staff, stocks, tree, wood.
• G5093 — τίμιος (tímios, tim'-ee-os): of great price, precious, honored — from τιμή; valuable, i.e. (objectively) costly, or (subjectively) honored, esteemed, or (figuratively) beloved:--dear, honourable, (more, most) precious, had in reputation.
• G5126 — τοῦτον (toûton, too'-ton): accusative case singular masculine of οὗτος; this (person, as objective of verb or preposition):--him, the same, that, this.
• G5528 — χόρτος (chórtos, khor'-tos): grass, hay — apparently a primary word; a "court" or "garden", i.e. (by implication, of pasture) herbage or vegetation:--blade, grass, hay.
• G5557 — χρυσός (chrysós, khroo-sos'): anything made of gold — perhaps from the base of χράομαι (through the idea of the utility of the metal); gold; by extension, a golden article, as an ornament or coin:--gold.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G1487 — εἰ (ei, i): if — a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.:--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μή(γε), εἰ καί, εἰ μή, εἰ μή τι, εἴ περ, εἴ πως, εἴ τις, ἐκ. See also ἐάν.
• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
• G5100 — τὶς (tìs, tis): any one, some one — an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

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