1 Chronicles 29:14 (KJV)

Passage

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

1 Chronicles 29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "people", "should", "able", "offer", "willingly", "after", and "sort". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Now therefore our God we thank thee..." into verse 15's "For we are strangers before thee and...", so "all things" and "people" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.