1 Corinthians 3:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Rom 8:32 : 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
1 Cor 4:6 : 6 Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
1 Cor 3:4-7 : 4 For when one saith, I {G3303} am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? {G235} {G2228} Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Cor 4:15 : 15 For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.
Jer 9:23-24 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; 24 but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
Rom 4:13 : 13 For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
1 Cor 1:12-17 : 12 Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I {G3303} am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? {G3361} was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, save {G3361} Crispus and Gaius; 15 lest {G3361} any man should say that ye were baptized into my name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest {G3361} the cross of Christ should be made void.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Cor 3:22-23
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22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
1 Cor 1:29-31
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78%
29that no {G3956} flesh should glory before God.
30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
31that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Cor 4:6-8
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6Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
7For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if {G2532} thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?
8Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
2 Cor 10:16-17
2 verses
76%
16so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.
17But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Cor 10:31
74%
31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Cor 1:12
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12Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I {G3303} am of Paul; and I of Apollos: and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
Rom 15:17
74%
17I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
2 Cor 11:16-18
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16I say again, let no man think me {G1511} foolish; but if [ye do], yet as foolish receive me, that {G2504} I also may glory a little.
17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
2 Cor 4:15
74%
15For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.
Rom 11:36
74%
36For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him [be] the glory for ever. Amen.
Phil 2:21
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21For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
1 Cor 3:18-20
3 verses
73%
18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
20and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
2 Cor 10:7-8
2 verses
73%
7Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.
8For though {G5037} I should glory {G2532} somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave {G2254} for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:
1 Cor 3:4-5
2 verses
73%
4For when one saith, I {G3303} am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?
5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? {G235} {G2228} Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
Gal 3:28
72%
28There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.
Col 3:11
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11where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
Rom 3:9
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9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;
Gal 6:3-4
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3For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.
1 Cor 11:12
71%
12For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.
Jas 4:16
71%
16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Eph 2:9
70%
9not of works, that no man should glory.
1 Thess 2:20
70%
20For ye are our glory and our joy.
Gal 1:5
70%
5to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Cor 1:20
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20For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
2 Cor 3:2
70%
2Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;
2 Cor 11:10
70%
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
1 Cor 1:5
70%
5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
2 Pet 1:3
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3seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;
2 Cor 3:5
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5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
1 Cor 8:6
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6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
Phil 2:3-4
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3[ doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind {G2233} each counting other better than himself;
4not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Gal 6:14
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14But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Phil 3:3
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3for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
Jer 9:23
69%
23Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
1 Cor 2:5
69%
5that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Rom 3:23
69%
23for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;