Discovery Box1 Corinthians 3:15 
Context3:15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. 1 He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
1 Corinthians 9:8
Context9:8 Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, 2 or does the law not say this as well?
1 Corinthians 9:24
Context9:24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.
1 tn The translation “[will] be punished” is given here by BDAG 428 s.v. ζημιόω 2. But the next clause says “he will be delivered” and so “suffering loss” is more likely to refer to the destruction of the “work” by fire or the loss of the reward that could have been gained.
2 tn Or “only according to human authority”; Grk “saying these things according to men.”
