1 Corinthians 3 in the early church
1109 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Corinthians 3, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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1 Corinthians 3:1
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:2
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
1 Corinthians 3:4
For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:4 | 1 Clement 47.3 · Clement of Rome | echo, medium confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | Oration 6.7 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:4 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | Sermon 27.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | Sermon 71.30 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | Sermon 265.11 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 1.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | City of God 14.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| 1 Cor 3:4 | On the Predestination of the Saints 5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 428/429 |
1 Corinthians 3:5
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:5 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 5.7 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–385 |
| 1 Cor 3:5 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:5 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:5 | Homilies on Matthew 72.3 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| 1 Cor 3:5 | Sermon 71.30 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:5 | On the Work of Monks 2 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| 1 Cor 3:5 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 80.2 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| 1 Cor 3:5 | On the Predestination of the Saints 5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 428/429 |
| 1 Cor 3:5 | On the Gift of Perseverance 14 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 428/429 |
| 1 Cor 3:5–9 | Book 2, chapter 6 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 440-450 |
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
1 Corinthians 3:8
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:8 | Miscellanies 1.1.7 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | On the Trinity 27 · Novatian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–250 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | Demonstration 7.27 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | On the Trinity 1.28 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | On the Trinity 8.5 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | On the Trinity 8.9 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:8 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | On the Christian Faith 4.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | Homily 0 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | On the Trinity 6.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | On the Work of Monks 2 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | The Conferences 24.2 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| 1 Cor 3:8 | Book 2, chapter 7 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 440-450 |
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Miscellanies 1.1.7 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homily on Luke 12 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–250 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Exhortation to Martyrdom 49 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | 235 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homilies on Exodus 6.12 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homilies on Ezekiel 8.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homilies on Joshua 13.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 15.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homilies on Jeremiah 1.15 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.198 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.224 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Against Celsus 4.1 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 248 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Lepr. 3 · Methodius of Olympus | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homilies on the Psalms 61.2 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-378 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Moral Rules (Moralia) 80 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-370 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.7 · Pacian of Barcelona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-390 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Oration 3.7 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:9 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letter 129.2 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | On the Holy Spirit 28.69 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 374–375 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Ancoratus 26.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | On the Christian Faith 5.0 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378–380 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homily 6 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 379–394 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Exposition of Psalm 118 6.19.1 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letter 140.63 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letter 188.1 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | On Genesis against the Manichaeans 1.13 · Augustine of Hippo | echo, low confidence | ca. 388–390 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Homily 15 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Sermon 4.26 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Sermon 73.2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Sermon 356.14 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Poem 28, lines 251–281 · Paulinus of Nola | echo, medium confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letters 9.5 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letters 24.11 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letters 39.1 · Paulinus of Nola | echo, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letters 39.2 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letters 39.3 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letters 42.3 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Letters 43.5 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Confessions 2.5 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 397–401 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 1.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | On Catechizing the Uninstructed 21 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–405 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | On the Work of Monks 2 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | City of God 16.5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on Jeremiah 1.6 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on Jeremiah 2.88 · Jerome | allusion, low confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on Jeremiah 3.27 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on Jeremiah 6.23 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Commentary on Jeremiah 6.25 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Apologetic Book 33.1 · Orosius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 415–416 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | On Marriage and Concupiscence 1.38 · Augustine of Hippo | echo, low confidence | ca. 419–421 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 3 · Eucherius of Lyon | quotation, high confidence | ca. 420-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:9 | Book 1, chapter 23 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 440-450 |
1 Corinthians 3:10
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:12
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
1 Corinthians 3:13
his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Sibylline Oracles 8.411ff. · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 2nd-3rd cent. |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Miscellanies 5.4.26 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Miscellanies 7.6.34 · Clement of Alexandria | echo, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Against Marcion 5.6 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | On Prayer 29.15 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | On the Witch of Endor 10 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Homilies on Ezekiel 1.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Homilies on Ezekiel 5.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Homilies on Leviticus 14.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Homilies on Numbers 25.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Homilies on Psalms 36-38 3.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Homilies on Jeremiah 2.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Against Celsus 4.13 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Commentary on Romans 9.41 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 3:13–15 | Letter 55.20 · Cyprian of Carthage | echo, low confidence | 249/250–258 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Recognitions 5.17 · Anonymous | echo, low confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Prophetic Extracts 3.26 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Prophetic Extracts 3.31 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, low confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Divine Institutes 7.21.6 · Lactantius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Demonstration of the Gospel 10.4.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Letter 4.1 · Antony the Great | echo, medium confidence | before 356 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Catechetical Lecture 15.2 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Letter 169 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–390 |
| 1 Cor 3:13–15 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.3.12 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Oration 3.7 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Oration 32.1 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 1 Cor 3:13–15 | Tractates 1.9.5 · Zeno of Verona | allusion, low confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:13 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | On the Holy Spirit 15.36 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 374–375 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.5.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Canons on the Letters of Paul 88 · Priscillian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380–400 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.18 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Exposition of Psalm 118 18.20.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.38.3 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.48.3 · Ambrose | echo, low confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Poem 7, lines 1–32 (VII) · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Letters 28.1 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:13–15 | City of God 16.24 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | 413–426 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | On Faith and Works 24 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 413 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Commentary on Jeremiah 1.30 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 3:13–15 | Commentary on Jeremiah 3.81 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Carmina 4.126–146 · Orientius of Auch | echo, low confidence | 5th-6th century(?) |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 68 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 421–423 |
| 1 Cor 3:13 | Celestine, ACO I.2, letter 25.17 · Celestine I, bishop of Rome | allusion, high confidence | 430-432 |
| 1 Cor 3:13–15 | Part 4, chapter 19 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | allusion, low confidence | ca. 445-450 |
1 Corinthians 3:14
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Homilies on Leviticus 5.4 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Against Celsus 4.13 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:14 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Letter 6.2 · Jerome | allusion, low confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Exposition of Psalm 118 19.44.2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.34.4 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Poem 7, lines 33–51 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Letters 32.24 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | On Faith and Works 24 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 413 |
| 1 Cor 3:14 | Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 68 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 421–423 |
1 Corinthians 3:15
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:18 | On the Flesh of Christ 5 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 206–211 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Against Marcion 5.6 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | On Modesty 16 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Homilies on Jeremiah 17.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Lines 597–620 · Commodian | echo, medium confidence | 3rd century (disputed) |
| 1 Cor 3:18–19 | Against Celsus 1.9 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 248 |
| 1 Cor 3:18–19 | Against Celsus 1.13 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Commentary on Romans 4.5 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Commentary on Romans 8.6 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Commentary on Romans 10.36 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 3:18–20 | To Quirinus 3.69 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | On the Good of Patience 2 · Cyprian of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | 256 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | On the Trinity 3.26 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, low confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| 1 Cor 3:18–19 | On the Trinity 5.1 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| 1 Cor 3:18–19 | Tractates 1.3.2 · Zeno of Verona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:18 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Exposition of Psalm 118 22.10.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Homilies on Matthew 38.1 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.7.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.6.3 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Sermon 67.8 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Sermon 82.13 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Letters 38.9 · Paulinus of Nola | echo, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | The Harmony of the Gospels 2.72 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | The Institutes 4.41 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 419–426 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | The Institutes 12.32 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 419–426 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | Chapter 13 · Prosper of Aquitaine | quotation, high confidence | ca. 432-433 |
| 1 Cor 3:18 | On the Governance of God 6.8 · Salvian of Marseilles | quotation, high confidence | ca. 439-451 |
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
1 Corinthians 3:20
And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Sentences of Sextus 311 · Anonymous | echo, low confidence | 2nd-early 3rd cent. |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Against Marcion 5.6 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Instructions 2.11 · Commodian | echo, low confidence | 3rd century (disputed) |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Commentary on Romans 7.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:21 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Letter 214.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 13.16 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 107 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 421–423 |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | On the Predestination of the Saints 5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 428/429 |
| 1 Cor 3:21 | Letters 2 · Capreolus of Carthage | allusion, medium confidence | 431-433 |
1 Corinthians 3:22
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:22 | Against Marcion 5.7 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | On the Resurrection of the Flesh 59 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 208–212 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | On Prayer 27.17 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | Commentary on Romans 5.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| 1 Cor 3:22–23 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:22 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | Eleven Tractates 1.36 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | Eleven Tractates 4.76 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | Eleven Tractates 10.125 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 1 Cor 3:22–23 | Letter 185.36 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | On True Religion 23 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 389–391 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | On Faith and the Creed 19 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 393 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | The Conferences 11.7 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| 1 Cor 3:22 | The Conferences 24.26 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
1 Corinthians 3:23
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cor 3:23 | Miscellanies 2.22.136 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | Homilies 24.4 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 363-378 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 3:23 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | Eleven Tractates 1.36 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | Eleven Tractates 4.76 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | Eleven Tractates 10.125 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | On True Religion 23 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 389–391 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | On Faith and the Creed 19 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 393 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | On the Trinity 6.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| 1 Cor 3:23 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 110.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |