1 Corinthians 3:22
20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
21 Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
- KJV
- Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
- WEB
- whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
- ASV
- whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
- DARBY
- Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or [the] world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours;
- BLB
- whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or [things] present or [things] about to be—all [are] yours⁺,
- ÅB
- enten det er Paulus eller Apollos eller Kefas, enten det er verden eller liv eller død, enten det er det som nå er, eller det som komme skal - alt hører dere til,
- OTB
- Enten det er Paulus, Apollos, Kefas, verden, livet, døden, nåtiden eller fremtiden—alt er deres,
- B1930
- enten det er Paulus eller Apollos eller Kefas, enten det er verden eller liv eller død, enten det er det som nu er, eller det som komme skal - alt hører eder til,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:11–12
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Read in contextPhilippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:19–22
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:5–8
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
Read in contextRomans 8:37–39
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
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