Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:10

"But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." — 1 Corinthians 15:10 (ASV)

Paul reflects on his own unworthiness and on God’s matchless redeeming grace. Though he taught that all are unworthy before God (Romans 3:10–18), he felt himself particularly unworthy because he had persecuted the church. He calls it “the church of God”; therefore, in persecuting it, he felt he had been persecuting God. With true humility, he attributes all his hard work for the cause of Christ solely to God’s amazing grace (v.10). Then, with great emphasis, he declares that all—both he and the other apostles—preached the same Gospel with the same stress on the resurrection, and this is the message the Corinthians believed.