How many building materials are listed in 1 Corinthians 3:12?
Six building materials are listed in 1 Corinthians 3:12: gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and stubble. Three are indestructible by fire—gold, silver, and precious stones—while the other three, wood, hay, and stubble, can be consumed in a puff of smoke.
Les explains that verse 12 brings the foundation truth down to the nitty-gritty of everyday Christian experience. If anyone builds on the foundation, which is Jesus Christ, the materials listed are gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and stubble—six total. The first three are indestructible by fire or anything else, while the last three can go up in a puff of smoke. Yet all six are potential materials for the Christian to use in daily experience.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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What does building on the foundation refer to in 1 Corinthians 3:12?
In 1 Corinthians 3:12, 'building' refers to what the believer does in his daily experiences.