1 Chronicles 29:14 (GNV)

Passage

But who am I, and what is my people, that we shoulde be able to offer willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee: and of thine owne hand we haue giuen thee.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all.

1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore our God, we thanke thee, and prayse thy glorious Name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we shoulde be able to offer willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee: and of thine owne hand we haue giuen thee.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are stragers before thee, and soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes are like ye shadowe vpon the earth, and there is none abiding.

1 Chronicles 29:16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand and all is thine.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "people", "shoulde", "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 thanke thee..." into verse 15's "For we are stragers 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.