1 Corinthians 3:22 BSB

1 Corinthians 3:22

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,

BSB

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ASV

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

KJV

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

On the Resurrection of the Flesh (220)

The apostle, however, in his epistle says, "Whether it be the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours: " and he here constitutes us heirs even of the future world.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas,.... These are particularly named, because their disputes were chiefly about them; but what is said of them is true of all other, and all the ministers of Christ, that they are the church's. The gifts which Christ received for them, and has bestowed on them, are not their own, but the church's, and are given to them, not so much for their own use, as for the good and benefit of others.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas - We are all equally yours, to serve you for Christ's sake. Or the world - This leap from Peter to the world greatly enlarges the thought, and argues a kind of impatience of enumerating the rest. Peter and every one in the whole world, however excellent in gifts, or grace, or office, are also your servants for Christ's sake.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whether Paul, or Apollos - As if he had said: God designs to help you by all things and persons; every teacher sent from him will become a blessing to you, if you abide faithful to your calling. God will press every thing into the service of his followers. The ministers of the Church of Christ are appointed for the hearers, not the hearers for the ministers. In like manner, all the ordinances of grace and mercy are appointed for them, not they for the ordinances.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἴτε	eite	whether	G1535 →
Παῦλος	Paulos	Paul	G3972 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
Ἀπολλῶς	Apollōs	Apollos	G625 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
Κηφᾶς	Kēphas	Cephas	G2786 →
εἴτε	eite	or [the]	G1535 →
κόσμος	kosmos	world	G2889 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
ζωὴ	zōē	life	G2222 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
θάνατος	thanatos	death	G2288 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
ἐνεστῶτα	enestōta	things being present	G1764 →
εἴτε	eite	or	G1535 →
μέλλοντα,	mellonta	things to come —	G3195 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	yours	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
leads to
- Galatians 2:20
  I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
- 2 Corinthians 5:8
  We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
  Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- Philippians 1:23
  I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
- 2 Corinthians 5:6
  Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
Through
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5–6
  As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
- 1 Corinthians 1:23
  but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
- 2 Corinthians 1:24
  Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Corinthians