Tree of Life Version
1 Corinthians 15:10
10But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than them all—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
1 Corinthians 15:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
- New International Version (NIV)But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Context of 1 Corinthians 15:10
8and last of all, as to one untimely born, He also appeared to me. 9For I am the least of the emissaries, unworthy to be called an emissary because I persecuted God’s community. But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than them all—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11Whether then it is I or they, so we proclaim, and so you believed. 12Now if Messiah is proclaimed—that He has been raised from the dead—how can some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Read all of 1 Corinthians 151 Corinthians 15:10 word by word
χάριτι δὲ θεοῦ εἰμι ὅ εἰμι, καὶ ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη, ἀλλὰ περισσότερον αὐτῶν πάντων ἐκοπίασα, οὐκ ἐγὼ δέ, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ σὺν ἐμοί.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- by the graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- I amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- uponεἰςeis · towardG1519
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- notοὐou · noG3756
- in vainκενόςkenos · emptyG2756
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- I labouredκοπιάωkopiaō · to laborG2872
- more abundantlyπερισσόςperissos · excessiveG4053
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- withσύνsun · withG4862
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:10
- 1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
- Romans 11:1I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Ephesians 2:7to show in the olam ha-ba the measureless richness of His grace in kindness toward us in Messiah Yeshua.
- Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this Good News by the gift of God’s favor given to me through the exercise of His power.
- 1 Timothy 1:15Trustworthy is the saying and deserving of complete acceptance: “Messiah Yeshua came into the world to save sinners”—of whom I am foremost.
- 1 Corinthians 15:2and by it you are being saved if you hold firm to the word I proclaimed to you—unless you believed without proper consideration.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1Since we are co-laboring, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- Romans 15:17So in Messiah Yeshua, I have reason to boast before God.
- 2 Corinthians 10:12For we do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they have no understanding.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Messiah? I am more so—I speak like I’m out of my mind—in labors much more, in prisons much more, in beatings more brutal, near death often.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool—you drove me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to the super-special emissaries—though I am nothing.
- Matthew 10:20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.
- Galatians 2:8(For the same God who was at work in Peter as an emissary to the Jews, also was at work in me as an emissary to the Gentiles.)
- Philippians 2:13For the One working in you is God—both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Messiah who strengthens me.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10But, by the grace of God I am what I am - God, by his mere grace and good will, has called me to be an apostle, and has denominated me such. And his grace, etc. - Nor have I been unfaithful to the Divine call; I used the grace which he gave me; and when my labors, travels, and sufferings are considered, it will be evident that I have labored more abundantly than the whole twelve. This was most literally true. Yet not I, but the grace of God - It was not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But by the grace of God I am what I am - By the “favor” or mercy of God. What I have is to be traced to him, and not to any native tendency to goodness, or any native inclination to his service, or to any merit of my own. All my hopes of heaven; all my zeal; all my success; all my piety; all my apostolic endowments, are to be traced to him. Nothing is more common in the writings of Paul, than a disposition to trace all that he had to the mere mercy and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10But by the grace of God: Paul understood God's special favor, or grace, towards him, which led to an extraordinary response. This response was also God working through Paul by his grace (see 2 Corinthians 4:7; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. by ... grace ... and his grace--The repetition implies the prominence which God's grace had in his mind, as the sole cause of his marvellous conversion and subsequent labors. Though "not meet to be called an apostle," grace has given him, in Christ, the meetness needed for the office. Translate as the Greek, "His grace which was (showed) towards me." what I am--occupying the honorable office of an apostle. Contrast with this the self-sufficient prayer…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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