1 Corinthians 3:12 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Corinthians 3:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
εἰ
ei
G1487
if
δέ
dé
G1161
but
τις
tìs
G5100
a certain
ἐποικοδομεῖ
epoikodoméō
G2026
to build upon
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
θεμέλιον
themélios
G2310
foundation
χρυσίον
chrysíon
G5553
gold
ἀργύριον
argýrion
G694
silver
λίθους
líthos
G3037
stone
τιμίους
tímios
G5093
precious
ξύλα
xýlon
G3586
wood
χόρτον
chórtos
G5528
grass
καλάμην
kalámē
G2562
stubble
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
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King James Version Public Domain
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).