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 honestly? Everything I am is because of God's grace. And that grace he gave me wasn't wasted, I've worked harder than anyone else. But even that work wasn't really me doing it. It was God's grace working through me the whole time.
You are who you are because of grace, and that same grace empowers everything good you do.
📚 Historical Context
The Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to address various problems in the Corinthian church, including divisions, moral issues, and skepticism about the resurrection of the dead. In Chapter 15, Paul is defending the gospel's core truth of Christ's resurrection and explaining how it applies to believers' lives. He uses his own story to illustrate that his apostolic work, despite his past as a persecutor, was empowered entirely by God's grace.
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