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1 | "All things belong to you" means what? | 1 Cor 3:21 | Country Girl | 127775 | ||
I would infer a lot from the context: 1 Cor 3:16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Cor 3:17 If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. 1 Cor 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. 1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; 1 Cor 3:20 and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS." 1 Cor 3:21 So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, 1 Cor 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, 1 Cor 3:23 and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God. We must remember Corinth in the first century was one of the world's most well developed cities. They even thought about making a canal across their isthmus long before it was actually built in the past century. So they were very modern but they also had all the sin and controversies to go with it. Paul dealt with a lot of problems detailed throughout both 1 and 2 Corinthians. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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2 | "All things belong to you" means what? | 1 Cor 3:21 | Sir Pent | 127778 | ||
Looking for more information.......................................... Hi CountryGirl, You are relatively new to the forum, but have already been prolific with your postings here. Welcome, and I have enjoyed reading many of the posts that you have contributed. Your answer to my question seems to be that the Paul is referring to the Corinthians wealth (ie. developments), sin, and controversies. I am confused how you get that idea from the context of the passage. Could you explain why you think that is what Paul means when he says "all things belong to you"? Or does anyone else have any ideas? |
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3 | "All things belong to you" means what? | 1 Cor 3:21 | Country Girl | 128045 | ||
I read over my original post. I guess I must have been a blonde that day as it does look a little cryptic. Repeated for reference: 1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; 1 Cor 3:20 and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS." 1 Cor 3:21 So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, 1 Cor 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, 1 Cor 3:23 and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God. I was trying to say that the Greeks were famous for being very modern and innovative thinkers (philosophers) in their world. They thought they were the cream of the crop when it comes to a modern progressive world of thinkers and running a modern government. I lived in Athens, Greece for four years and have visited Corinth several times. They were both great cities two thousand years ago, much like many of our modern cities in this country. When I read these words from Paul, my mind reverts to the 7 letters from John in Revelation. There most of the 7 congregations received rather strong chastisement to look at themselves and re-evaluate their ideas on real and genuine Godliness as they had NOT reached it. Yes, all of us here on earth, we all have every blessing from God as Paul tells the Corinthians but we must be on constant guard, lest we lose what we have, including our very own salvation. Our relationship with God is such a fragile thing from our perspective. God of course doesn't move or vary in this relationship. We as humans are the ones who are fickle and want to have our desires fulfilled. Instead, God would like to see us grow and mature, matching our priorities to His and thus grow less dependent on fulfilling those desires and instead see that He takes care of ALL our needs and will fulfill those wants and desires that are in accordance with His Will. Quite often our physical possessions get in the way between us and our God and prevent this kind of good, spiritual growth. We must realize our most precious possessions are those that are spiritual like our relationship with our spiritual forefathers and our incredibly precious relationship with God and His Son. I hope this is a little more clear. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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