1 Corinthians 3:23

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Summary

1 Corinthians 3:23

And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Ye

And christ

Bible References

Ye

Or do you not know that your bodies are a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you--the Spirit whom you have from God?

For a Christian, if he was a slave when called, is the Lord's freed man, and in the same way a free man, if called, becomes the slave of Christ.

But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.

"I am making request for them: for the world I do not make any request, but for those whom Thou hast given me. Because they are Thine,

If we live, we live to the Lord: if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Is it outward appearances you look to? If any man is confident as regards himself that he specially belongs to Christ, let him consider again and reflect that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.

Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites.

And christ

yet *we* have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.

I would have you know, however, that of every man, Christ is the Head, that of a woman her husband is the Head, and that God is Christ's Head.

He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."

Just as Thou didst send me into the world, I also have sent them;

for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.

And being recognized as truly human, He humbled Himself and even stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross.