1 Corinthians 3:23
New International Version
and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

New Living Translation
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

English Standard Version
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

Berean Standard Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Berean Literal Bible
and you of Christ, and Christ of God.

King James Bible
And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

New King James Version
And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

New American Standard Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

NASB 1995
and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

NASB 1977
and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

Legacy Standard Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Amplified Bible
and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.

Christian Standard Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

American Standard Version
and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Contemporary English Version
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

English Revised Version
and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Good News Translation
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

International Standard Version
but you belong to the Messiah, and the Messiah belongs to God.

Majority Standard Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

NET Bible
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

New Heart English Bible
and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Weymouth New Testament
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

World English Bible
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and you [are] Christ’s, and Christ [is] God’s.

Berean Literal Bible
and you of Christ, and Christ of God.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

Smith's Literal Translation
And ye of Christ; and Christ of God.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

New American Bible
and you to Christ, and Christ to God.

New Revised Standard Version
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you are The Messiah's and The Messiah is God's.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and you are Christ's: and Christ is God's.

Godbey New Testament
All things are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Haweis New Testament
and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

Mace New Testament
all are yours; and you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Weymouth New Testament
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Worrell New Testament
and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Worsley New Testament
and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Worldly Wisdom
22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, 23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Cross References
Romans 14:8
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Galatians 3:29
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

John 17:9-10
I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours. / All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

Ephesians 1:22-23
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, / which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Colossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

2 Corinthians 10:7
You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Colossians 3:3-4
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. / When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Romans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.


Treasury of Scripture

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

ye.

1 Corinthians 6:19,20
What? 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? …

1 Corinthians 7:22
For 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.

1 Corinthians 15:23
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

and Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:6
But 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 11:3
But 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.

Matthew 17:5
While 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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16. You are the temples of God, which must be kept holy.
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and you belong to Christ
This phrase emphasizes the intimate and personal relationship believers have with Jesus Christ. The Greek word for "belong" here is "ἐστε" (este), which is a form of the verb "to be," indicating a state of existence or identity. This suggests that being in Christ is not merely a matter of association but of essence and identity. Historically, the early church understood this belonging as a transformative union with Christ, where believers are seen as part of His body, the church. This union is both spiritual and communal, reflecting the early Christian understanding of being part of a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Theologically, this belonging signifies a shift from the old self to a new identity rooted in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. It is a call to live in accordance with the teachings and example of Christ, reflecting His love, humility, and obedience to God.

and Christ belongs to God
This phrase highlights the hierarchical yet intimate relationship within the Trinity. The Greek word for "belongs" is not explicitly present in the original text but is implied in the structure, indicating a relationship of order and purpose. Theologically, this reflects the concept of the economic Trinity, where Christ, the Son, willingly submits to the Father, not in essence or divinity, but in role and function. Historically, this understanding was crucial in the early church to combat heresies that either denied the divinity of Christ or misunderstood His relationship with the Father. The phrase underscores the unity and distinct roles within the Godhead, affirming that while Christ is fully God, He operates in perfect harmony and submission to the Father’s will. This relationship is a model for believers, illustrating the importance of submission, unity, and purpose within the body of Christ and in their relationship with God. It serves as a reminder that all authority and purpose ultimately flow from God the Father, through Christ, to His followers.

(23) And Christ is God's.--Probably these words were added, not only as being the great climax of the gradual ascent up which the Apostle's thoughts and language have gone in the whole passage, but as avoiding any danger of the party who called themselves by the name of Christ, arrogating anything to themselves from the previous words, "Ye are Christ's," if the passage had concluded with them. Christ is God's as being Mediator (as John 14:28; John 17:3.) There was no danger, in that early age of the Church, of these words being misunderstood (as some have endeavoured to misunderstand them since) as in the least implying a want of absolute identity between the Son, in regard of His Divine Nature, and the Father.

Verse 23. - And ye are Christ's (see 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 15:23; Romans 14:8; Galatians 3:29). Christians possess because they are possessed by Christ (Meyer). Christ is our Master, and God our Father (Matthew 23:10). And Christ is God's; because "Christ is equal to the Father as touching his Godhead, but inferior to the Father as touching his manhood." Hence in 1 Corinthians 11:3 he says, "The head of Christ is God;" and in 1 Corinthians 15:28, we read of Christ resigning his mediatorial kingdom, that God may be all in all. Perhaps St. Paul implies the thought that Christ belongs, not to a party, but to God, the Father of us all. But the ultimate climax from Christ to God is found also in 1 Corinthians 4:1: Romans 15:5, etc.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[belong to] Christ,
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Christ
Χριστὸς (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

[belongs to] God.
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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