1 Corinthians 1:29

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1 Corinthians 1:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible

27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

28 He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

29 so that no one may boast in His presence.

30 It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

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1 Corinthians 1:31

Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

Psalms 49:6

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Isaiah 10:15

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Romans 3:27

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

Romans 4:2

If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.

Romans 15:17

Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

Ephesians 2:9

not by works, so that no one can boast.