“But your explanation of 1 Cor. 3:15 was emphatic that it does not refer to the believer personally, and the language used suggests that it does. It is he who builds, he whose shortcomings are purified, he who suffers loss, and he who is saved.”
No, a-x, I believe the passage DOES refer to the rewards
of each individual believer being revealed and judged. I
didn’t write otherwise. I don’t know why you think anything
I wrote means differently.
“It should not matter to you how is it that I can explain the passage and you cannot. Of course, that is because I am Catholic and you are not, but it is the adequacy of the explanation that matters, not the method of arrival to it.”
That is rich friend! :-) The Holy Words of God are true,
regardless of which Church you have chosen to fellowship
with.
“May the Lord sanctify you through the study of His word.”
Back at ya.
ampu
God applies the fire to determine the quality of the works, not to purify the believer
To which I respond, that, according ot the text as written by St. Paul, "It is he who builds, he whose shortcomings are purified, he who suffers loss, and he who is saved.”
It is true that the quality of the works is revealed, but the allegorical straw and wood is burned off, hence what remains is purified, allowing the believer to be saved.