1 Corinthians 15:10 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 25
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Wherefore also Paul, since he was the apostle of the Gentiles, says, “I laboured more than they all.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Jerome
“It is humility that leads the Apostle Paul to say:“I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“1 Cor. xv. 9, 10.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For though last he has laboured more than they all.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(1 Cor. 15:10) John then, so far as pertains to John, is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: if ye hear ought divine from him, attribute it to the Enlightener, not to him who hath received the light.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“And it is wonderful to see him who entered into the Gospel by the force of a bodily infliction labouring therein more than all those who are called by word only. [margin note: 1 Cor 15:10]” — the author cites it
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“In addition to these, Paul, that “chosen vessel,” “not of men neither through men, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ himself and of God the Father who raised him from the dead,” was appointed an apostle, being made worthy of the call by a vision and by a voice which was uttered in a revelation from heaven.” — editor's note: See Acts ix. 3 sqq.; xxii. 6 sqq.; xxvi. 12 sqq.; Gal. i. 16; 1 Cor. xv. 8–10
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.13Conference XIII
“…Divine Grace, where he says: “And His Grace in me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: and yet not I, but the Grace of God with me.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment “…in which we feel that we make progress, we say these words of the Apostle: “Not I, but the grace of God with me,” and “by the grace of God I am what I am;” and “it is God that worketh in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.3Book III
“And therefore Paul exclaims with confidence, “I can do all things through Christ, who strengtheneth me;” and again, “I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore whithersoever thou turn thee, whether through Angels, thou wilt find God thy Husbandman; whether through Prophets, the Same is thy Husbandman; whether through Apostles, the very Same acknowledge to be thy Husbandman.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment““And in glory Thou hast taken me up.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“What glory, but that of which he said, “There is laid up for me a crown of glory”?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment““I laboured more abundantly than they all,” said the Apostle; but see what he addeth: “yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” …It is then by His mercy that thou art crowned; in nothing be proud; ever praise the Lord; forget not all His rewards.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“A certain greatness is brought before us: yet immediately, that the waters may flow, he hath made himself a valley: “Yet not I, but the grace of God with me.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“Whence the Apostle desireth us to be understood as the children of promise: that we may not imagine that what we are is our own work, but refer the whole to the grace of God.…Christ Himself is the Salvation of God, so that the whole body of Christ may say, “By the grace of God I am what I am.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“But the strength to labour was given him by the Lord of the harvest.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“…thrones, then since we read that Matthias was ordained an apostle in the room of Judas the traitor, the Apostle Paul, though he labored more than them all, should have no throne of judgment; but he unmistakeably considers himself to be included in the number of the judges when he says, “Know ye not that we shall…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“…it take the mind of man, and turn it to its own light; immediately he begins to say, as the apostle says, “Yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me;” and, “Now I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment““For I have labored more than they all,” saith a certain lamp; and lest he should seem to burn by his own strength, he added, “But not I, but the grace of God that was with me.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“And if we turn our thoughts even to the most blessed apostles, we find that he who labored more than they all, yet not he, but the grace of God that was with him, besought the Lord thrice that the messenger of Satan might depart from him, and received not what he had asked.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“…rather the fulfillment of his own words, “I labored more abundantly than they all;” and to which he added, “yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me:” to make it manifest that this also was to be imputed to the grace of God, that both with mind and body he was able to labor so much more abundantly than they…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For the Lord was working with Antony—the Lord who for our sake took flesh and gave the body victory over the devil, so that all who truly fight can say, ‘not I but the grace of God which was with me.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Ambrose of Milan
“So that each of them might say: “By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace in me was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Farewell, all ye others, inferior only to this in beauty, scattered through the various parts of the city, like so many links, uniting together each your own neighbourhood, which have been filled with worshippers of whose existence we had despaired, not by me, in my weakness, but by the grace which was with me.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 10.
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Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIII.13.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.24.
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Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.32.
Cited together in Life of Antony §4.
Cited together in Life of Antony §4.
Cited together in The Institutes XII.9.
Cited together in Life of Antony §4.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 13:24–30 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 13:24–30 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 13:24–30 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 3:31–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
