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Questions From ReadersThe Watchtower—1971 | June 1
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The words in question occur twice in the last three verses 21-23 of First Corinthians chapter three. We read: “Hence let no one be boasting in men; for all things belong to you, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things now here or things to come, all things belong to you; in turn you belong to Christ; Christ, in turn, belongs to God.”—1 Cor. 3:21-23.
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Questions From ReadersThe Watchtower—1971 | June 1
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As Paul wrote to the congregation at Rome: “Now we know that God makes all his works co-operate together for the good of those who love God, those who are the ones called according to his purpose.” (Rom. 8:28, 29) Christians should realize this and not let themselves come to ‘belong’ to or be the followers or servants of any man or group of men, or of the world or the things in it.—1 Cor. 7:23.
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Questions From ReadersThe Watchtower—1971 | June 1
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As to belonging, therefore, Christians do not belong to any man or anything of this world. They do belong to Christ, who bought them with his blood. (John 6:51; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19) Anointed Christians exist to bring glory to their Head, Christ, to whom all things will be made subject. (1 Cor. 11:3; 15:27; Col. 1:18) In so doing, they bring glory to God, to whom Christ belongs.
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