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While reading the Epistles to the Corinthians, I did not understand certain verses (1 Cor. 3:21-23); it is unclear to me what is "ours" and who these "ours" are, and why we should not boast in men?

In 1 Corinthians 3:21–23, the apostle Paul urges the Corinthians not to take pride in which specific individuals brought them to faith—whether Paul, Apollos, or Cephas. All things, the apostle says, belong to humanity—the world (cosmos), life, death, and the rest. And there is no merit of our own in this, therefore there is absolutely nothing to boast about (as in the Greek text). What is important, the apostle emphasizes, is that we belong to Christ, and through Him—to the Heavenly Father. Everything else is of little significance.

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