Well, then, it is not necessary for a man to be ignorant, or to pretend that he is ignorant, of what he can do. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/pet/1-corinthians-15.html. 1 Corinthians 15:10 King James Version (KJV). Who are the proud? In another view it was a self-negation. David was powerless wearing the armour of Saul. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:10". Our inward nature and dispositions. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:10". And in reference to this truth he displayed in the passage before us a peculiar jealousy: for being, in vindication of himself, constrained to say, that he had laboured more abundantly than any other of the Apostles, he adds with holy jealousy for the honour of his God, “yet not I” “yet, not I, but the grace of God that was with me [Note: ver. The man of the world who sometimes excuses his frailties, saying, “I did not make myself. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. In use of means--sacraments, Scriptures, prayer. 3. Lastly, one word about the responsibility for our co-operation with the grace, in order to the accomplishment of its results. But lest he should be thought to arrogate any thing to himself, and the power or good use of his own will, he addeth. All other rights reserved. This proposition maybe proved, as well as illustrated, by some individual instances from Scripture. Questions For Reflection on 1 Corinthians 15:57 #1 Today’s devotional has been all about the concept of true thankfulness! One of the mysteries that was delivered to Paul was 'Christ in you the hope of glory'. (Christian Age.). To what can this be ascribed but to the sovereign grace of God, whose gifts are his own, and who divideth to every man severally as he will? "Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament". John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, and his grace which was bestowed on me was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament. It was by the grace of God that Saul, the pathological Christian persecutor became Paul.. a dedicated bond-servant of Jesus the Nazarene. New York. God and God alone.”’. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. In Paul’s conversion “Jesus Christ shows forth all longsuffering for a pattern to them which shall hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting.” The grace of God prepared Paul for life or death--it can do this for us. It says in 1 Corinthians 15:10, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. All noble life is self-denial, coercion, restraint; and can my poor, feeble hands apply muscular force enough to the brake to keep the wheels clogged, and prevent them from whirling me downhill into ruin? 10. χάρ. There is a partial truth in it; and possibly the highest examples of power and success, in any department of mental or intellectual effort, are unaware of their achievements and stature. σὺν ἐμοί. “My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me.” In one view Christ’s ministry was a self-proclamation. How the flesh likes to be applauded by other people – “how well you sang”, “that was a very encouraging sermon,” “what a lovely devotional you wrote,” “you pray so beautifully…” etc etc. The other aspect of this same great word is, in like manner, that which we need. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Devotional. If any one of us be kept unto salvation, it is by thy power and grace alone [Note: 1 Peter 1:5. But I laboured more abundantly … - I was more diligent in preaching; I encountered more perils; I have exerted myself more. ), This account which Paul gives of himself implies--. 1. The Apostle was, all his life, under the hateful necessity of vindicating his character and Apostleship. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". Yes, and they are dry; there is no water there. Surely its proper tendency is the very reverse of this, even to foster in us every holy disposition towards both God and man. This was no criticism of the others. No. That is, divine grace has made me what I am. So grand and magnificent a sense of the final outcome of God’s moral government over this world as he. Daily devotional with John Piper. It is the denial of these doctrines that proceeds from pride; because it argues a conceit that we have something originally, and of ourselves, which merits the distinction that we hope for in a future world, and to which our ultimate salvation must, in part at least, if not altogether, be ascribed. Mar 31, 1991. When he did come out, he found the traveller on the bridge side of the gate, and said to him, “In the name of God, where did you come from?” The traveller replied, “I crossed the bridge.” The man kept him that night, and the next morning took him back and showed him the bridge which he had crossed. He does not say better, or that he excelled them; and even as to his labours, he gives the honour to God: Not I, but the grace of God with me. The circumcision party may not consider Paul an apostle, but he is - by God's grace!!! But I labored, &c.; that is, this grace was effectual in leading me to labor. He had been enabled by the grace of God, to labor more than all the rest, and he had thus shown that he had not been insensible of his obligations. Others are wont to attribute their character to social and civil influences, the times and institutions in which they live. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/egt/1-corinthians-15.html. Danger lest Satan turn good works into sin by causing us to take the merit of them. Not in self, not in egotism, will they find themselves alive. 1859. It supplies motives. Nothing is more common in the writings of Paul, than a disposition to trace all that he had to the mere mercy and grace of God. Comp. The mountain tops are high. It looks out on the brave audacities of souls dauntless and untamed, and loves them, as our Lord loved Simon Peter. Come, then, and bring Him all that He so dearly loves and so sorely needs. (C. H. We see the positive and negative poles of the same attractive nobleness in Christ Himself. The manner in which the grace of God operates on the mind. 3475 Mainway PO Box 5070, STN LCD 1 Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8. BibliographyIce, Rhoderick D. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:10". "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:10". And so, secondly, and very briefly, notice the lesson we get here as to how we should think of our own attainments. There is a vast deal of hypocrisy in what is called unconsciousness of power. 1905. The position of χάριτι δὲ θεοῦ, and the repetition of ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ afterwards, shew the emphatic prominence which he assigns to the divine Grace. He was a bitter persecutor of the Church of Christ. grace of God … with me — Compare “the Lord working with them” (Mark 16:20). The giving of God"s grace proves vain when it does not elicit the appropriate response of loving service. He was willing to suffer, even to the point of death for love of his Lord. Nicodemus, the Philippian gaoler, the sorcerers (Acts 19:1), and Paul. Is it the grace of God, or nature and self and the world and the flesh that have made you what you are? And that grace was not bestowed in vain, for of all the Apostles he had been the most active. “I can of Mine own self do nothing.”. αὐτῶν πάντων] either, ‘than any of them,’ or ‘than they all,’ scil. It produced more abundant labours in the cause of God. ‘His hand hath laid the foundation of the house, His hand shall also finish it.’ He who is Himself the foundation-stone is also the headstone of the corner, which is brought forth with shouting of ‘Grace! "Grace" is used in three different senses in this verse: (1) the grace that saved him (Ephesians 2:8); (2) the grace that appointed him an apostle; (3) the grace that made it possible to outwork all the other apostles. Without God and the power of His word, all this labor would be in vain. III. We are led to remark the necessity of Divine assistance in the conversion and sanctification of sinful men. The right view of this preponderance of Grace prevents the misunderstanding of the words which has led to the insertion of the article, ἡ σὺν ἐμοί, whereby Grace becomes absolutely the sole agent, which is contrary to fact. That is the epitaph written over all moralities and over all lives which, catching some glimpse of the good and the true and the noble, have tried, apart from Christ, to reproduce them in themselves. It was due to the grace of God which was with him. I. Hence the probability is, that it is of the Apostles that he speaks, when he represents his own labors as superior to theirs, and it is quite true, that he was superior to others, not merely in respect of his enduring many hardships, encountering many dangers, abstaining from things lawful, and perseveringly despising all perils; (2 Corinthians 11:26;) but also because the Lord gave to his labors a much larger measure of success. If I had not been taken out of Boston at one time, I do not see what would have prevented me from going to destruction. But it seems hardly necessary, and introduces an element of apparent exaggeration. BibliographyGill, John. But I should be untrue to my own deepest convictions, and unfaithful to the message which God’s providence has given it to me as my life’s task to proclaim, if I did not declare that nothing will truly re-form humanity, society, the nation, the city, except that which re-creates the individual: ‘the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ’ entering into their midst. The more entire our recognition of the influx of grace on which we depend for keeping our reservoir full, the less likelihood there will be of touchy self-assertion, the less likelihood of the misuse of the powers that we have. Being one with the Father, Jesus’s life and ministry were marked with love and mercy. The word labored (kopiao) described hard work, the type of activity that makes someone tired. οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ, ἀλλʼ κ. τ. Nothing will truly re-form humanity, society, the nation, the city, except that which re-creates the individual; “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” entering into their midst. not I! ταχέως παρέδραμε, καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἀνέθηκε τῷ θεῷ. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". It guarantees the justice of God and gives us hope in the midst of this evil world. I abhor what is evil, and I would cleave to what is good. I. #2 Paul writes that in Jesus we have true victory! Hence we have a Shakespeare and Milton, a Bacon and a Butler. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dcc/1-corinthians-15.html. Verse10 is consistent with what Jesus said in Luke 7:41-43. New Revised ... NRSV Catholic Women's Devotional Bible, Hardcover. The efficacious aids of this Divine power are also manifest, not only in enlarging the faculties of reason, and adding a luminous distinction to the acuter determinations of the judgment, but also in directing our choice to proper objects and fixing the affections on heavenly pursuits. Mark 16:20). BibliographyPett, Peter. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hac/1-corinthians-15.html. I. Paul was not what he had been. 1983-1999. Why then dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?’-and a humble waiving aside of the attempt to determine what it is that we are. “By the grace of God I am,” etc., and adding, “And the grace which,” etc. Listen to this Gospel, and accept it, and put it to the proof. The mountain tops are high,-yes! No. But Paul had a very definite idea of what he meant by it; and what he meant by it was a very large thing, which we may well ponder for a moment as being the only thing which will transform and ennoble character and will produce fruit that a man need not be ashamed of. Take your character. It is in God that their aspirations are set free to act. But by the grace of God I am what I am,.... As he was what he was by the grace of God in a private capacity, upon a level with other Christians, being a chosen vessel of salvation, not by works, nor on account of faith, or any holiness of his, but by grace; being regenerated, called, sanctified, justified, pardoned, and adopted by it; being a believer in Christ through faith, as a gift of God's grace, and having a good hope of eternal glory the same way; so he was what he was, as a minister of the Gospel, as an apostle, as in that high office purely by the grace of God: he was not made one by men, nor by his education, learning, and industry, nor through any merits of his own, but by the free favour and sovereign will of God, bestowing on him gifts and grace, by which he was qualified for apostleship, and to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ: and his grace which was bestowed on me was not in vain; by "grace", in the former clause, is meant the good will and free favour of God, from whence all the blessings of goodness arise; here the gifts of grace, particularly such as qualify for the ministry. It is also plain, that many under less advantageous circumstances are turned from the power of Satan unto God, whilst others, with far greater advantages, are left still in bondage to sin and Satan: And what other account can be given of this, than that which our Lord himself supplies, “Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good in thy sight [Note: Matthew 11:25-26. These two things precisely-motive and power to carry out the dictates of conscience. Since the latter corresponds to the τοῖς ἀποστ. Jesus Himself had told the disciples only hours before His death that the Spirit of Truth is WITH you but a day is coming when He will be IN you. But was the Apostle regardless of morality? "Since they have not given him his authority, they can neither take it from him nor deny it to him." Not in vain—He was, he says, (Acts 26:19,) “not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.”. Matthew 10:20. For the grace of God which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. John Trapp Complete Commentary. We are furnished with a test by which to ascertain and determine our spiritual state. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/vnt/1-corinthians-15.html. Perry.). "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:10". The spirit of God in his work in a man uses this individuality. They are very humble when it comes to work, and are quite contented to wrap the one talent up in a napkin then; but when it comes to self-assertion, or what they expect to receive of recognition from others, they need to be reminded quite as much as their betters in endowment-’By the grace of God I am what I am.’. I. Christianity came to set the world on fire. than they all — than any of the apostles (1 Corinthians 15:7). 1897. “Not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”, 1. xviii., p. 185. It is the grace of God, the gift of His Divine Spirit who will dwell with all of us, if we will, which alone can be trusted to make men good. Regarding ἐκοπ. BibliographyCoke, Thomas. 4. The repetition implies the prominence of God's grace in his mind as the sole cause of his marvelous conversion and subsequent labours. “Necessity was laid upon me,” etc. It is just because I ‘laboured more abundantly than they all’ that I cannot possibly have done it of myself. BibliographyNisbet, James. Paul"s apostolic calling was a gracious gift from God. This he confessed to the latest hour of his life: he declared, that “in him, that is, in his flesh, dwelt no good thing [Note: Romans 7:18. There has been a grace of God which for mysterious reasons has led me in the way in which I have walked, and left them in the way in which they have walked. Copyright StatementThe Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament. His actual character and attainments. Paul was what he did not deserve to be. Do you suppose I dare review it and pronounce ‘that is all mine: I did it’? ]?” — — — No man ever had a higher sense of the dignity conferred upon him, than Paul had: nor had ever man a deeper sense of his own unworthiness: “I am less than the least of all saints:” “I am nothing [Note: Ephesians 3:8. But if a man can do a certain kind of service there is no harm whatever in his recognising the fact that he can do it. As in an orchestra each instrument has its place, and its absence cannot be filled by a different instrument, so there is a place and work for each in the Church. NRSV Catholic Bible, Gift Edition, Comfort Print, Leathersoft, White. Philippians 2:16; Galatians 4:11, al. 1 Corinthians 15:10. I look back upon moments of wilfulness, which would have led me to serious disaster, had not events in the providence of God transpired to check me in my course and change my career. 1. 3. Paul, writing to those living in the city of Corinth, needed to remind the believers there of … 2. The animal could not stop leaping on his … Yet how does he estimate these privileges on becoming a Christian? Contrast the self-sufficient prayer of another Pharisee (Luke 18:11). He did not ignore self. Grace seemeth, in the latter part of the verse, to be taken in something a different sense from what it was in the former part: here it signifies the free love and favour of God; though it may also there be understood of those gracious habits, which were the effects of that free love and mercy; here it plainly signifies those gracious habits which were infused into Paul, together with the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit, by which he was enabled to reduce those habits into acts. The records of his life, compared with the records of the other apostles, fully show this. 1. It is clear enough, that the same word which operates effectually on some to the conversion of their souls, produces on others no other effect than that of exciting greater hostility against the Gospel [Note: Acts 18:6-8.]. Oh, no! Retail: $29.99. And he was none the less laborious as a private Christian in mortifying sin and in following after holiness (1 Corinthians 9:26-27; Philippians 3:13). 4. III. He says that he is “the least of all the apostles,” and then that he is “not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.” He is conscious of his own unworthiness, and also of the high honour which God has put upon him. BibliographyConstable, Thomas. The text is well illustrated by the character of the apostle. ὅ εἰμι] viz. Chrysostom says well: τῇ συνήθει κεχρημένος ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ τοῦτο (that he laboured more, etc.) Not I, but the grace of God] So those good servants, Luke 19:16, Not we, but thy talents have gained other five, and other two, &c. Let God have the entire praise of all our good. He renounces the thought that he was to be considered as the performer of these labours. Surely this, that for all you who have, in any measure, caught a glimpse of what you ought to be, and have been more or less vainly trying to realise your ideal, and reach your goal, there is a better way than the way of self-centred and self-derived and self-dependent effort. I. But we who have lived under the light of the gospel, and been encouraged from our infancy to revere its doctrines and laws, have no more warrant to look for any immediate and palpable manifestation of Divine power to convert us from sin to holiness, than to expect the gifts of prophecy or of tongues. Thank You in Jesus name, AMEN. - 1 Corinthians 13:13 . It may be so stated as to be offensive, but when it is rightfully stated it is as sweet as the doctrine of love between a child and a parent. We must give full play to the inspiring and directing Spirit of God within us. "The Adam Clarke Commentary". For the grace of God which was bestowed upon me was not in vain. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cgt/1-corinthians-15.html. For Christianity is the greatest adventure ever set on foot. x. p. 889, hardly expresses this: “Non ego autem, i.e. Because Paul had previously done so much to oppose the cause of Christ (verse9), it seems he worked extra hard after becoming an apostle. BibliographyNicol, W. Robertson, M.A., L.L.D. Learn--. 1. (Acts 9:13-15) The same could be said for any of us. Then who shall despair? Blame not me that ‘I am what I am.’ How could I be otherwise?” Now it is freely granted that if God had proposed no remedy for the radical defect in our moral structure, we might say, “Lord, I knew Thee that Thou art a hard Man, reaping where Thou hast not sown,” etc. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:10". This education God carries on throughout our whole life. 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