Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Now х de (G1161)] - "But." The "gold, silver, precious stones," which all can bear fire (Revelation 3:18; Revelation 21:18-19; Isaiah 54:11), are teachings that will stand the test of judgment: "wood, hay, stubble," are those which cannot-not positive heresy, for that would destroy the foundation (which all admitted is Christ), but teaching mixed up with human philosophy and Judaism-curious rather than useful. Besides the teachings, the superstructure represents also the persons cemented to the Church, the reality of whose conversion, through the teachers' instrumentality, will be tested at the last day. Where there is the least grain of real faith, it shall never be lost (1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:12): the straw only feeds the fire (Matthew 5:19).