Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Corinthians 3:23

"and ye are Christ`s; and Christ is God`s." — 1 Corinthians 3:23 (ASV)

All things are not, however, centered in believers, for all things actually and finally belong to God. They belong to Christians only as they themselves belong to God through the mediatorship of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Christ and the Father are one (10:30), yet Christ was sent by the Father into the world (17:18) to effect our redemption so that we may “inherit the kingdom” (James 2:5).