1 CORINTHIANS 15:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
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 — Paul resolves the paradox: he is unworthy yet effective, not because of his own effort but because grace worked through him. His labor (kopiao: to toil, exhaust) is real but grace-motivated and grace-empowered.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:10
“But by the grace of God I am what I am.” Do you see again another excess of humility? In that the defects he imputes to himself, but of the good deeds nothing; rather he refers all to God. Next, lest he might hereby render his hearer supine, he says, “And His grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain.” And this again with reserve: in that he said not, “I have displayed a diligence worthy of His grace,” but, “it was not found vain.” “But I labored more abundantly…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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