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I am what I am

I am what I am phrase: i am as I must be; I cannot be changed; I can't help the way I am.

Phrase

I am what I am

  1. I am as I must be; I cannot be changed; I can't help the way I am.
    • For Jacob's God and Peter's Saviour Utters above each circumstance—"I am what I am"1907, M. A. Chaplin, Chimes for the Times, London: Farncombe & Son, Gospel Chimes: "I Am That (What) I Am", page 22
    • The Apostle said that he was 'not worthy to be called an apostle because he persecuted the Church of God', but he goes on to add: 'But by the grace of God I am what I am'. What does it matter what I was? 'I am what I am.'1965, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, pages 65, 66

Questions about I am what I am

What does I am what I am mean?
I am what I am means i am as I must be; I cannot be changed; I can't help the way I am.
What part of speech is I am what I am?
I am what I am is a phrase.

Words near I am what I am in the dictionary

  1. I am rubber, you are glue
  2. I am sorry
  3. I am thirsty
  4. I am tired
  5. I am twenty years old
  6. I am what I am
  7. I and I
  8. I approve this message
  9. I ask you
  10. I beam
  11. I beams

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