A frequent misinterpretation treats 'all things are yours' as a blanket promise of material wealth, health, or worldly success, akin to prosperity gospel claims, ignoring the verse's rebuke of church divisions and its emphasis on spiritual stewardship under Christ; others might read it as dismissing all human authority outright, missing Paul's balanced affirmation of leaders as servants while urging ultimate loyalty to God.
I Corinthians 3:21
King James Version (1769)
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
In the context of divisions within the Corinthian church where believers boasted allegiance to human leaders like Paul or Apollos, this verse teaches that no one should glory in mere men because all things—spiritual leaders, the world, life, death, present realities, and those to come—belong to believers as part of their inheritance in Christ, who belongs to God, fostering unity and a heavenly perspective over factionalism.