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15 But if someone’s work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved,[a] but only as through fire.

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  1. 3:15 Will be saved: although Paul can envision very harsh divine punishment (cf. 1 Cor 3:17), he appears optimistic about the success of divine corrective means both here and elsewhere (cf. 1 Cor 5:5; 11:32 [discipline]). The text of 1 Cor 3:15 has sometimes been used to support the notion of purgatory, though it does not envisage this.

15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(A)

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