1 Corinthians 3:21 - Exposition

Wherefore . St. Paul, with this word, concludes the argument of warning of the previous section, as in 1 Corinthians 3:7 ; 1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 :38; 1 Corinthians 11:33 ; 1 Corinthians 14:39 ; 1 Corinthians 15:58 (Wordsworth). All things are yours. It is always a tendency of Christians to underrate the grandeur of their privileges by exaggerating their supposed monopoly of some of them, while many equally rich advantages are at their disposal. Instead of becoming partisans of special teachers, and champions of separate doctrines, they might enjoy all that was good in the doctrine of all teachers, whether they were prophets, or pastors, or evangelists ( Ephesians 4:11 , Ephesians 4:12 ). The true God gives us all things richly to enjoy ( 1 Timothy 6:17 ).