Augustine’s interpretation of 1 Cor. 3:11–15. 27. Here perhaps I might be asked what I think of this passage from St. Paul and how I think it should be interpreted. Let me say that I would rather hear others more intelligent and more learned than myself explain this passage, but explain it in such a way that all those scriptural texts which I quoted above, and whatever others I did not quote, would remain true and unchanged in their meaning. For these texts tell us very clearly that only