1 Corinthians 3:23
But you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 17:5And while he was still speaking, behold, a shining cloud overshadowed them. And behold, there was a voice from the cloud, saying: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
John 17:18Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
Romans 14:8For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:22For any servant who has been called in the Lord is free in the Lord. Similarly, any free person who has been called is a servant in Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:3So I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. But the head of woman is man. Yet truly, the head of Christ is God.
2 Corinthians 10:7Consider the things that are in accord with appearances. If anyone trusts that by these things he belongs to Christ, let him reconsider this within himself. For just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
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 →