As a way to prepare for Easter, I invite you to join me on a 58 day journey through the 58 verses of 1 Corinthians 15 in Greek. Below is a link to the video. Click here for the previous video on 1 Cor 15:9 and click here for the next video on 1 Cor 15:11.

1 Corinthians 15:10 Video

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1 Corinthians 15:10 (PDF)

1 Corinthians 15:10

10 χάριτι δὲ θεοῦ εἰμι ὅ εἰμι, καὶ ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη, ἀλλὰ περισσότερον αὐτῶν πάντων ἐκοπίασα, οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀλλ᾽ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ [ἡ] σὺν ἐμοί.

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace which is in me was not in vain, but I worked harder than them all; but I (did) not (work/do it), instead the grace of God [which] is with me (worked/did it).

χάριτι – dat. of means/instrument [W162-63].

δὲ – contrastive conj.

θεοῦ – subj. gen. “God graces _____.” [W113-16].

εἰμι – subj. and main verb [pres-cop-ind-1-s-εἰμί].

ὅ – marks a rel. clause. In relation to the previous εἰμι within the main clause, it is the pred. nom. In relation to the following εἰμι within the rel. clause, it is the pred. nom. Also, the antecedent is an implied masculine noun (“I (Paul)”), but the gender here is neuter. Wallace calls this an unusual use of gender with rel. pronouns [W337-38].

εἰμι, – subj. and verb of rel. clause [pres-cop-ind-1-s-εἰμί].

καὶ – connective conj.

ἡ χάρις – nom. subj.

αὐτοῦ – subj. gen. “He graces _____.” [W113-16].

ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ – articular, adjectival, attributive prep. phrase.

οὐ – neg. adv.

κενὴ – pred. adj. of equative/linking/copular type verb.

ἐγενήθη, – main verb [aor-pass/dep-ind-3-s-γίνομαι]. It functions as an equative/linking/copular verb.

ἀλλὰ – contrastive conj.

περισσότερον – acc. dir. obj. Comparative adj.

αὐτῶν πάντων – comparative gen. [W110-12]. This is the implication: “I worked harder than they all (worked).” Thus, ἐκοπίασα is elided in the comparative phrase, which is very common.

ἐκοπίασα, – subj. and main verb [aor-act-ind-1-s-κοπιάω].

οὐκ – neg. adv.

ἐγὼ – nom. subj. of an elided ἐκοπίασα.

δὲ – contrastive conj.

ἀλλ᾽ – contrastive conj.

ἡ χάρις – nom. subj. of an elided ἐκοπίασε.

τοῦ θεοῦ – subj. gen. “God graces _____.” [W113-16].

[ἡ] σὺν ἐμοί. – articular (perhaps), adjectival, attributive prep. phrase.