1 Corinthians 1:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that no flesh might have glory before God.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 2:9 : 9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
  • Rom 3:27 : 27 What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.
  • Rom 15:17 : 17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.
  • 1 Cor 1:31 : 31 So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
  • Isa 10:15 : 15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
  • Rom 4:2 : 2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

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 1:30-31
    2 verses
    82%

    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

    31 So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

  • Eph 2:9
    80%

    9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
    78%

    21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16 So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

    17 But whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 1:25-28
    4 verses
    77%

    25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

    26 For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

    27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

    28 And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

  • Gal 6:14
    74%

    14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

  • 2 Cor 11:18
    74%

    18 Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

    7 For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

  • Rom 3:20
    73%

    20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 15:17
    73%

    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

  • Jer 9:23
    73%

    23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

  • Rom 3:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

    10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

  • 2 Cor 3:10
    73%

    10 For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after.

  • Phil 3:3
    72%

    3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

  • 2 Cor 5:12
    72%

    12 We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

  • Jas 4:16
    72%

    16 But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

  • Rom 4:2
    72%

    2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.

    6 For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.

  • Jas 1:9
    72%

    9 But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

  • 2 Cor 11:30
    71%

    30 If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.

  • 1 Cor 2:5
    71%

    5 So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

  • 1 Cor 1:19
    71%

    19 As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
    71%

    6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 1:21
    71%

    21 For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

  • Gal 5:26
    71%

    26 Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.

  • Eph 1:12
    71%

    12 So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

  • 1 Cor 5:6
    71%

    6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

  • 1 Cor 10:31
    71%

    31 So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

  • Gal 1:5
    71%

    5 To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.

  • Rom 2:11
    71%

    11 For one man is not different from another before God.

  • Phil 1:11
    71%

    11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Col 2:18
    71%

    18 Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

  • Eph 1:6
    71%

    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

  • Rom 3:23
    71%

    23 For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

  • 1 Cor 2:7
    70%

    7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    70%

    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    70%

    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

  • 1 Cor 12:24
    70%

    24 But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

  • Phil 3:9
    70%

    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  • 2 Thess 1:12
    70%

    12 So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.