1 Corinthians 3:22-23

3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you, 3:23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

1 Corinthians 15:23

15:23 But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him. ¹ 

1 Corinthians 15:1

Christ’s Resurrection

15:1 Now I want to make clear for you, ²  brothers and sisters, ³  the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

1 Corinthians 4:14-18

A Father’s Warning

4:14 I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. 4:15 For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 4:16 I encourage you, then, be imitators of me. 4:17 For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, ⁴  as I teach them everywhere in every church. 4:18 Some have become arrogant, ⁵  as if I were not coming to you.

Revelation 14:13

14:13 Then ⁶  I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:

‘Blessed are the dead,

those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, ⁷  because their deeds will follow them.” ⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “then those who belong to Christ, at his coming.”

² tn Grk “Now I make known to you.”

³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

⁴ tc ‡ Several important mss read ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou, “Jesus”) after Χριστῷ (Cristw, “Christ”) in v. 17 (so Ì⁴⁶ א C D¹ 33 1739 al). Western mss have κυρίῳ ᾿Ιησοῦ (kuriw Ihsou, “Lord Jesus”; D* F G), while several significant mss, as well as the majority, have only Χριστῷ here (A B D² Ψ Ï sa). Once ᾿Ιησοῦ got into the text, it would continue to be copied. There is however no easy explanation for the word lacking in so many witnesses. Thus the shorter reading appears to be original. NA²⁷ includes ᾿Ιησοῦ in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

⁵ tn Grk “puffed up”; “inflated.”

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁷ tn Or “from their trouble” (L&N 22.7).

⁸ tn Grk “their deeds will follow with them.”