1 Chronicles 29:14 (WEB)

Passage

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!

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

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.

1 Chronicles 29:16 Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "people", "should", "able", "offer", "willingly", "come", and "given". 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 you..." into verse 15's "For we are strangers before you 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.