All for Christ
English: Jesus Christ - detail from Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus , who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness , and sanctification, and redemption." ( 1 Corinthians 1:30 ) In this one verse we find described four aspects of Christ 's work on our behalf. It is "of him," literally "by his doing," that we are in Christ Jesus, who "is made" or "who became" these things to us and for us. Wisdom of God : This is the preferred rendering. Paul was writing to the church at Corinth (a Greek city). The Greeks were infatuated with wisdom, but Paul declared Christ Jesus to be the "wisdom of God." Such wisdom is likewise imparted to believers ( v. 24 ), while "the foolishness of God is wiser than men" ( v. 25 ). Righteousness: Christ, being "made" righteousness, becomes an all-sufficient righteousness to us. This imputed right