81.3 No Reason For Boast: It Is By The Grace Of God

(1 Corinthians 15:9-11)

For I am the least of all the apostles--I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church. But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me. So then, whether it came from me or from them, this is what we all preach, and this is what you believe.