1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Study Note
Study Note
'Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours' — Paul's counter to the Corinthian party-spirit inverts the factionalism of 'I am of Paul, Apollos, Cephas' into a universal inheritance claim: all these teachers are gifts to the whole community, not lords of factions. The expansion in verses 22–23 — 'all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's' — is one of the New Testament's most compressed theological statements about the Christian's inheritance through union with Christ, grounding the ethics of communal humility in an extravagant ontology of abundance.
Other Translations
Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
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