因為我們是與 神同工的．你們是 神所耕種的田地、所建造的房屋。 我照 神所給我的恩、好像一個聰明的工頭、立好了根基、有別人在上面建造．只是各人要謹慎怎樣在上面建造。 因為那已經立好的根基、就是耶穌基督、此外沒有人能立別的根基。 若有人用金、銀、寶石、草木、禾楷、在這根基上建造． 各人的工程必然顯露．因為那日子要將他表明出來、有火發現．這火要試驗各人的工程怎樣。 人在那根基上所建造的工程、若存得住、他就要得賞賜。 人的工程若被燒了、他就要受虧損．自己卻要得救．雖然得救乃像從火裡經過的一樣。
The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work. We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
哥林多前书 1 Corinthian 3:8-15 NET