1 Corinthians 3:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.”
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“and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and ye <FI>are<Fi> Christ's, and Christ <FI>is<Fi> God's.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 3:23 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- John 17:9I 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.
- John 17:18As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
- John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- Romans 14:8If 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.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- 1 Corinthians 7:22For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
- 2 Corinthians 10:7You 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.
- Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
- Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
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