1Cor 3:13 | RWP | e4.org | The day ( η ημερα ). The day of judgment as in (which see), ; . The work ( εργον ) of each will be made manifest. There is no escape from this final testing. It is revealed in fire ( εν πυρ αποκαλυπτετα ). Apparently "the day" is the subject of the verb, not the work, not the Lord. See ; . This metaphor of fire was employed in the O.T. ( .; ) and by John the Baptist ( ; .). It is a metaphor that must not be understood as purgatorial, but simple testing (Ellicott) as every fire tests ( the fire itself will test , το πυρ αυτο δοκιμασε ) the quality of the material used in the building, of what sort it is ( οποιον εστιν ), qualitative relative pronoun. Men today find, alas, that some of the fireproof buildings are not fireproof when the fire actually comes.

‏ 1 Corinthians 3:13

The day ( η ημερα ). The day of judgment as in 1Th 5:4 (which see), Ro 13:12; Heb 10:25. The work ( εργον ) of each will be made manifest. There is no escape from this final testing.

It is revealed in fire ( εν πυρ αποκαλυπτετα ). Apparently "the day" is the subject of the verb, not the work, not the Lord. See 2Th 1:8; 2:8. This metaphor of fire was employed in the O.T. (Da 7:9f.; Mal 4:1) and by John the Baptist (Mt 3:12; Lu 3:16f.). It is a metaphor that must not be understood as purgatorial, but simple testing (Ellicott) as every fire tests ( the fire itself will test, το πυρ αυτο δοκιμασε ) the quality of the material used in the building,

of what sort it is ( οποιον εστιν ), qualitative relative pronoun. Men today find, alas, that some of the fireproof buildings are not fireproof when the fire actually comes.