The translation of this verse should not be difficult, once the translator has examined verses 21b-23 as a whole. Good News Bible‘s “you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God” is clearer English style than Revised Standard Version‘s rendering you are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

Quoted with permission from Ellingworth, Paul and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, 2nd edition. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1985/1994. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .