1 Corinthians 3:23
And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 17:5While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
John 17:18Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
Romans 14:8As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.
1 Corinthians 7:22For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.
1 Corinthians 11:3But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
2 Corinthians 10:7Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 3:22-23
Against Overvaluing Teachers. ( a. d. 57.) 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. Here the apostle founds an exhortation against over-valuing their teachers on what he had just said, and on the consideration that they had an equal interest in all their ministers: Therefore let no man glory in men ( v. 21 )—forget that… Read the whole commentary →