1 Corinthians 3:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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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- 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.
1 Corinthians 3:15
New International Version
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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