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1 Corinthians 3:23

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And ye are Christ’s; and Christ [is] God’s.

1 Corinthians 3:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:23

Theological / Devotional

Ye are Christ’s. This is the grand climax to which Paul has been directing his argument. If all the believers belong to Christ, there must be only one great party in the church, not many groups. It is the statement of the grand unity that our Saviour desires to see in His church and which will ultimately exist (see John 17:9–11, 21, 23; Eph. 4:13).

Christ is God’s. Compare chs. 11:3; 15:28. See on John 1:1; see Additional Note on John 1.

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