1 Corinthians 3:22

1 Corinthians 3:22. whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas including all the characteristics of each; for as Christ's donation to the Church, each and all are its common property. There is probably as much diversity in the gifts and graces of the Christian ministry as in the capacities, sympathies, attainments, and tastes of the Church's members; and this is doubtless wisely arranged for the good of the whole. Some suit the educated and refined; some the masses. But the Pauls, the Apolloses, and the Cephases are alike ours, and each, therefore, should be honoured in his own sphere.

or the world now no longer master, but servant.

or life now much more than a mere natural blessing, but ours by the highest right, to the highest ends, and, viewed as such, enjoyed as never before.

or death once a dreaded, now a conquered enemy, and the gate of heaven.

or things present in all the good of them without their curse, and the ill of them without their sting; and may we not include among “things present” “the first-fruits of the Spirit,” “the earnest of our inheritance”?

or things to come but who can tell what these are, before they are reached? This might seem an exhaustive inventory; but as if to make room for anything that might seem to have been omitted, the apostle repeats his statement. all are yours.