KJV King James Version
And ye are Christ’s; and Christ [is] God’s.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Corinthians 3:23
And ye are Christ’s; and Christ [is] God’s.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
WEB World English Bible
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
ASV American Standard Version
and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 3
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ [is] God’s.
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Galatians 3:29And if ye [be] Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.John 17:9-10I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.John 17:18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.1 Corinthians 11:3But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.1 Corinthians 15:23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.2 Corinthians 10:7Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he [is] Christ’s, even so [are] we Christ’s.Romans 14:8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.John 17:21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.1 Corinthians 8:6But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.1 Corinthians 6:19-20What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?Philippians 2:8-11And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.1 Corinthians 7:22For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ’s servant.Ephesians 1:10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:Matthew 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
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