1 Corinthians 3:22

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,”

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BSBPD

“whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be--all are yours,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 3:22 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:12What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
  5. 2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
  6. Ephesians 4:11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
  7. Philippians 1:21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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