Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Corinthians 3:22
Enumeration of some of the "all things." The teachers, in whom they gloried, he puts first (I Corinthians 1:12). He omits after "Cephas" or Christ (to whom exclusively some at Corinth, I Corinthians 1:12, professed to belong); but, instead, substitutes "ye are Christ's" (I Corinthians 3:23).
world . . . life . . . death . . . things present . . . things to come—Not only shall they not "separate you from the love of God in Christ" (Romans 8:38-39), but they "all are yours," that is, are for you (Romans 8:28), and belong to you, as they belong to Christ your Head (Hebrews 1:2).
things present—"things actually present" [ALFORD].
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