1 Corinthians 15:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χάριτι δὲ Θεοῦ εἰμι ὅ εἰμι: καὶ ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη· ἀλλὰ περισσότερον αὐτῶν πάντων ἐκοπίασα: οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ, ἀλλʼ ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ σὺν ἐμοί.

Transliteration

Chariti de Theou eimi ho eimi: and the charis autou that toward eme not kenē egenēthē; alla perissoteron autōn pantōn ekopiasa: not egō de, all' the charis tou Theou that with emoi

Grammar Details

• *Chariti*: dative, feminine, singular - by grace
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *eimi*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - am
• *ho eimi*: relative clause - what I am
• *charis*: nominative, feminine, singular - grace
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him
• *eme*: accusative, 1st person singular - me
• *kenē*: adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - empty/vain
• *egenēthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - became/was
• *alla*: adversative conjunction - but
• *perissoteron*: comparative adverb - more abundantly
• *autōn pantōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - than all of them
• *ekopiasa*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - labored/worked hard
• *egō*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st person singular - I
• *all'*: adversative conjunction (elided) - but
• *tou Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *emoi*: dative, 1st person singular - with me

Word Meanings

• *Chariti*: by grace/through grace/by the favor
• *Theou*: God/deity
• *eimi ho eimi*: I am what I am/I am who I am
• *charis*: grace/favor/kindness
• *kenē*: empty/void/without effect/vain
• *egenēthē*: became/was/turned out to be
• *alla*: but/rather/on the contrary
• *perissoteron*: more abundantly/more extensively/harder
• *ekopiasa*: labored/worked hard/toiled
• *all'*: but/rather/on the contrary

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,
• Gal 2:8 : 8 (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)
• Phil 2:13 : 13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God.
• Eph 3:7-8 : 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
• 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
• Eph 2:7-8 : 7 to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
• 2 Cor 10:12-16 : 12 Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. 13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you. 14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ. 15 Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits, 16 so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.
• Rom 12:3 : 3 Conduct in Humility For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
• Rom 15:17-20 : 17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.
• 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?
• 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you– unless you believed in vain.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
• Matt 10:20 : 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
• Rom 11:1 : 1 Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
• Rom 11:5-6 : 5 So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
• 2 Cor 11:23-30 : 23 Are they servants of Christ?(I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times. 24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. 26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers, 27 in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. 28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation? 30 If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
• Col 1:28-29 : 28 We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ. 29 Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.
• 1 Tim 1:15-16 : 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them! 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.