1 Corinthians 3:21-23
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. 23 And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. 23 And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Because all wisdom originates in God, we have nothing to brag about in what we know. Humility must focus first on the source of our salvation as grace, not our efforts or choices, and then on the mind of Christ that gives us eyes to see and ears to hear. All that God reveals to us in His word can therefore only be understood by His wisdom given to us. How can we boast in what we know to others when it is God alone who is wise and not us? We then understand God, man, sin, salvation, and all other doctrines and our inheritance because they come from His mind to ours, and we belong to Him in Christ.
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