1 Corinthians 15:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

By

1 Timothy 1:15

His grace

1 Corinthians 15:2

2 Corinthians 6:1

But i

Yet

Colossians 1:28

General references

Luke 17:10

Bible References

By

For who makes you different [from each other]? [i.e., with some being viewed as superior and others inferior]. And what do you have that you did not receive [from God]? But if you received it [from Him], then why do you boast as though you did not [receive it as a gift]?

Then I ask, "Did God reject His [own] people [i.e., the Jews]?" Certainly not! For I am an Israelite too, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

This was so that, to future ages [of people on earth and in heaven], God could demonstrate the tremendous abundance of His unearned favor, expressed by His kindness to us in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus.

I was made a minister [of the Gospel] according to the gift of God's unearned favor, which was given to me according to the working of His power.

This saying is trustworthy and deserves to be fully accepted: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and I am the worst of them all.

His grace

[and] you have been saved by it also, if you hold on to it firmly [i.e., continue believing and practicing it]. For if you do not [hold on to it firmly], you will have believed [it] all for nothing.

As workers together with God we urge you also, who have received God's unearned favor, do not allow it to be for nothing,

But i

Therefore, as I have fellowship with Christ Jesus, I am proud of my service to God.

For we do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with certain people who commend themselves. People who measure their [spiritual] stature by what [they think] they are, and compare their [spiritual] status with their own set of standards, are foolish.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am really talking like a crazy person now). I am more [of a servant, than they are]. I have worked much harder. I have been in prison more often. I have been flogged more severely. I have been in danger of death more frequently.

I have become foolish [i.e., by my boasting], but you made me do it [i.e., in order to vindicate myself]. For I should have been commended by you [i.e., for my effective ministry there in Corinth], because I was not inferior in any way to those "super apostles" [See 11:5], even though I am nothing.

Yet

For it will not be you who speaks, but [rather] the Holy Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you.

It is not that we are [so] competent as to consider anything [we do] as coming from ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

For God assigned Peter to be an apostle to the circumcised ones [i.e., Jews], and me to be an apostle to the Gentiles.

I was made a minister [of the Gospel] according to the gift of God's unearned favor, which was given to me according to the working of His power.

for it is God who is at work in you, both to motivate the desire and to carry out what pleases Him.

I can do everything through Christ, who gives me the strength.

We proclaim Him, warning and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person [to God] complete in [their fellowship with] Christ.

General references

So, you too, after you have done everything you were told to, should say, 'We are unworthy slaves. We have done [only] what we were supposed to do.'"