1 Corinthians 3:22

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
Παῦλος
G3972 N-NSM-P
paulos
small, little
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
  • Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the New Testament, the 14 Pauline epistles
  • "Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
Ἀπολλῶς
G625 N-NSM-P
apollōs
given by Apollo
Apollos, an Israelite
  • a learned Jew from Alexandria and mighty in the scriptures who became a Christian and a teacher of Christianity
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
Κηφᾶς
G2786 N-NSM-P
kēphas
stone
the Rock; Cephas (i.e., Kepha), a surname of Peter
  • another name for the apostle Peter
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
κόσμος
G2889 N-NSM
kosmos
orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
  • an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government
  • "ornament, decoration, adornment, i.e., the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts', as the ornament of the heavens (see 1 Peter 3:3)"the world, the universe"the circle of the earth, the earth"the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human race"the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ"world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly
    • the whole circle of earthly goods, endowments riches, advantages, pleasures, etc, which although hollow and frail and fleeting, stir desire, seduce from God and are obstacles to the cause of Christ
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
ζωὴ
G2222 N-NSF
zōē
life (literally or figuratively)
  • life
    • the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate
    • "every living soul
    life
    • of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic ___%___logos___%___ and to Christ in whom the ___%___logos___%___ put on human nature
    • "life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
θάνατος
G2288 N-NSM
thanatos
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
  • the death of the body
    • that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
    • "with the implied idea of future misery in hell
      • the power of death
      since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e., figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
    metaphorically, the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
    • the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
    the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell"in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
ἐνεστῶτα
G1764 V-RAP-NPN
enistēmi
to place on hand, i.e., (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
  • to place in or among, to put in
  • "to be upon, impend, threaten"close at hand"present
εἴτε
G1535 CONJ
eite
if too
  • if ... if
  • "whether ... or
μέλλοντα·
G3195 V-PAP-NPN
mellō
to intend, i.e., be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
  • to be about
    • to be on the point of doing or suffering something
    • "to intend, have in mind, think to
πάντα
G3956 A-NPN
pas
all, any, every, the whole
  • individually
    • each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
    collectively
    • some of all types
ὑμῶν
G5216
hymōn
of (from or concerning) you
  • of yours
ἐστιν
G2076
esti
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
  • third person singular of ___%___to be___%___

εἴτε Παῦλος εἴτε Ἀπολλῶς εἴτε Κηφᾶς εἴτε κόσμος εἴτε ζωὴ εἴτε θάνατος εἴτε ἐνεστῶτα εἴτε μέλλοντα· πάντα ὑμῶν ἐστιν
22
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Cross References

Ephesians 4:11

καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν τοὺς μὲν ἀποστόλους τοὺς δὲ προφήτας τοὺς δὲ εὐαγγελιστάς τοὺς δὲ ποιμένας καὶ διδασκάλους
11
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

Philippians 1:21

ἐμοὶ γὰρ τὸ ζῆν Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος
21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

2 Corinthians 4:5

οὐ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺς κηρύσσομεν ἀλλὰ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν κύριον ἑαυτοὺς δὲ δούλους ὑμῶν διὰ Ἰησοῦν
5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

1 Corinthians 9:19

Ἐλεύθερος γὰρ ὢν ἐκ πάντων πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἐδούλωσα ἵνα τοὺς πλείονας κερδήσω·
19
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made servant myself unto all, that I might gain the more.

1 Corinthians 3:5

τίς οὖν ἐστιν Παῦλος τίς δέ Ἀπολλῶς ἀλλ' διάκονοι δι' ὧν ἐπιστεύσατε καὶ ἑκάστῳ ὡς κύριος ἔδωκεν
5
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Romans 8:37

ἀλλ' ἐν τούτοις πᾶσιν ὑπερνικῶμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς
37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

1 Corinthians 1:12

λέγω δὲ τοῦτο ὅτι ἕκαστος ὑμῶν λέγει Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου Ἐγὼ δὲ Ἀπολλῶ Ἐγὼ δὲ Κηφᾶ Ἐγὼ δὲ Χριστοῦ
12
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.