1 Corinthians 15:10 (LSB)

Passage

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.

1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, and not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

1 Corinthians 15:11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "toward", "prove", "vain", "labored", "even", and "than". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "toward", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For I am the least of the..." into verse 11's "Whether then it was I or they...", so "grace" and "toward" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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