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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

"All things are yours." These are great words; but if they were not so great they would here be out of place. Men are given to boast of their possessions; but the Christian's boast is in this respect larger and grander than any man's beside. Men are wont to glory in belonging to some select society, some great nation, some illustrious king; but the Christian glories in belonging to a greater than the greatest who owes his honour to this world. "All things" are his; and he is "Christ's." ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

The believer's possessions. I. WHAT THESE ARE . 1. Ministers. The Corinthians had made a strange mistake; they had been regarding ministers as masters, and choosing which they preferred to serve. In a singular loss of dignity (singular because many of them were not a little afflicted with pride) they had become ambitious of belonging to ministers, forgetting that ministers, as such belonged to them. Ministers are the servants of the Church, and thus among the believer's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

The Christian's heritage. Since the wisdom of men is foolishness, and even the ministers of Divine wisdom are but servants, all glorying in men is to be avoided. Boast not in this one or that, however eminent; for all such boasting is a degradation to one who is possessed of so rich an inheritance. I. IT IS UNIVERSAL . "All things are yours." Man's original lordship over creation ( Psalms 8:6 ) has been lost by sin, but is now restored in Christ. All things exist for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

A Christian's possessions. It is a folly under the sun to live above one's means. It is the folly of very many Christians that they live spiritually far below their means of grace and godliness. They are like poor people who have come into a large estate, and cannot for some time adapt themselves to their altered position or comport themselves as befits their fortune. They still betray the narrow ideas and awkward manners of their former condition. So Christians are assured that they have... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

Therefore ... - Paul here proceeds to apply the principles which he had stated above. Since all were ministers or servants of God; since God was the source of all good influences; since, whatever might be the pretensions to wisdom among people, it was all foolishness in the sight of God, the inference was clear, that no man should glory in man. They were all alike poor, frail, ignorant, erring, dependent beings. And hence, also, as all wisdom came from God, and as Christians partook Alike of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

1 Corinthians 3:21-23. Therefore Upon the whole, considering all that has been advanced, and especially considering in what view the great God regards these things which we are so ready to value ourselves upon; let no man glory in men So as to divide into parties on their account; for all things are yours And we in particular. We are not your lords, but rather your servants: whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas We are all equally yours, to serve you for Christ’s sake: or the world ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10-23

Christian activity tested (3:10-23)The Corinthians are likened also to a building. Paul laid the foundation, and now other Christians, in particular the teachers, have the responsibility to build on that foundation (10). There is only one foundation, Jesus Christ, but the structure may be built in all sorts of ways. People may build something of lasting worth through using valuable materials (gold, silver and precious stones), or they may build something of no lasting worth through using cheap... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 3:21

Therefore = So then. glory = boast, as in 1 Corinthians 1:29 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

Wherefore, let no one glory in men. For all things are yours.The brief summary concludes with the first clause here, except for the beautiful doxology. As Grosheide said, "Paul is here recapitulating all he has said before. The Corinthians named themselves after men; and those who do that love the wisdom of the world."[34]Therefore, this verse makes it crystal clear what Paul condemned in 1 Corinthians 1:12. It was the sin of their calling themselves after the names of men; and, as the name... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

1 Corinthians 3:21-23. All things are yours, &c.— How magnificently are the happy privileges of Christians, through Christ, set forth in this noble exultation! First, here is a full and vehement enumeration of particulars; and then a noble gradation, which rises up to Heaven, and terminates in God himself! See Blackwall's Sacred Classics, and Bengelius. Inferences.—Who, that wishes for the welfare of the church of Christ, must not lament those sad remains of carnality, (1 Corinthians 3:1.)... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 3:10-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 3:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

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