1 Corinthians 15:10 (WEB)

Passage

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:8 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

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

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:11 Whether then it is 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", "given", "futile", "worked", and "than". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For I am the least of the..." into verse 11's "Whether then it is I or they...", so "grace" and "given" 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 "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.