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But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not found vain, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
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Commentators highlight a paradox in Paul's words: he factually states that he worked harder than other apostles, yet he avoids pride by immediately clarifying, 'yet not I, but the grace of God.' This teaches that Christians can acknowledge the work God does through them, but all the credit, power, and results belong entirely to God's grace, leading to humility, not self-congratulation.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But 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 natural tendency …
What I am (ο ειμ). Not,
who (ος), but
what (ο), neuter singular. His actual charac…
19th Century
Anglican
But by the grace of God I am what I am.—This whole verse is full of that maintenance of official dignity as an Apostle and a labourer, and…
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Baptist
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I…
Paul reflects on his own unworthiness and on God’s matchless redeeming grace. Though he taught that all are unworthy before God ([Reference Romans …
16th Century
Protestant
And his grace was not vain. Those who set free will in opposition to the grace of God, so that whatever good we do may not be ascribed who…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But by the grace of God I am what I am As he was what he was by the grace of God in a private capacity, upon a level…
The word resurrection usually points to our existence beyond the grave. Not a trace of the apostle's doctrine can be found in all the teaching of p…
13th Century
Catholic
After instructing the Corinthians about the sacrament and the reality it contains and signifies—namely, grace and its effects—the Apostle now instr…
