OET interlinear 1COR 15:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

χάριτι & Θεοῦ & ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ & ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ

˱by˲_/the/_grace & ˱of˲_God & the grace ˱of˲_him ¬which toward me & the grace ¬the ˱of˲_God

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind grace, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “give” or an adjective such as “gracious.” Alternate translation: “because God acted graciously to me, … the fact that he acted graciously to me … God acted graciously” or “by what God gave me … what he gave me that was in me … what God gave to me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὅ εἰμι

what ˱I˲_am

Here Paul does not state what I am. However, the previous verse implies that he is an “apostle” (15:9). If your readers would not make this inference, you could state it explicitly. Alternate translation: “what I am, that is, an apostle” or “an apostle”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη, ἀλλὰ

not vain /was/_become but

Here Paul uses a figure of speech that expresses a strong positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that means the opposite of the intended meaning. If this is confusing in your language, you can express the meaning positively. If you do, you will need to change the contrast word Instead into a support word or phrase such as “in fact” or “indeed.” Alternate translation: “was effective. Indeed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

κενὴ

vain

Here, in vain identifies a cause that does not have its intended effect. In this case, God’s grace would be in vain if it did not lead Paul to “labor” or if no one believed Paul’s message. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express in vain with a word or phrase that identifies a cause that does not have its intended effect. Alternate translation: “for nothing” or “to no purpose”

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτῶν πάντων

them all

Here, them refers back to the “apostles” that Paul mentions in the previous verse (15:9). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this reference by referring explicitly to “apostles” here. Alternate translation: “all of the apostles”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ, ἀλλὰ ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί

not I and but the grace ¬the ˱of˲_God with me

Here Paul omits some words that your language may require to make a complete thought. Paul omits these words because he stated them explicitly in the previous clause (I labored). If your language does need these words, you could supply them from that clause. Alternate translation: “yet it was not I who labored, but the grace of God labored with me”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ, ἀλλὰ ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί

not I and but the grace ¬the ˱of˲_God with me

If your language would not naturally state the negative before the positive, you could reverse the order of the not statement and the but statement. Alternate translation: “although it was really the grace of God with me, not I”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί

the grace ¬which the grace ¬the ˱of˲_God with me

Here Paul describes God’s action in grace as simply the grace of God. If your readers would not understand that the grace of God identifies God himself acting in grace, you could express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “God in grace with me”