1 Corinthians 3:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Enumeration of the "all things." The teachers in whom they gloried he puts first (1 Corinthians 1:12). He omits after "Cephas," or Christ, to whom exclusively some (1 Corinthians 1:12) professed to belong; for he stands infinitely above the category, Paul, Apollos, etc.; since only through Him they are what they are; but substitutes "ye are Christ's" (1 Corinthians 3:23).

World, or life, or death, or things present (until Christ's coming and kingdom) ... things to come (after it). Not only shall they not "separate you from the love of God in Christ" (Romans 8:38-39), but they "all are yours" (Mark 10:29-30), as they belong to Christ your head (Hebrews 1:2).

1 Corinthians 3:22

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