1 Corinthians 1:29

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so that no one can boast in his presence.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 2:9 : 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
  • Rom 3:19 : 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 may be held accountable to God.
  • Rom 3:27 : 27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
  • Rom 15:17 : 17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:31 : 31 so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
  • Isa 10:15 : 15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
  • Rom 4:2 : 2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

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  • 1 Cor 1:30-31
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    30He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

    31so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

  • Eph 2:9
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    9it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

    17But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 1:25-28
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    25For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

    26Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

    27But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

    28God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 2 Cor 11:18
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    18Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

    7For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

  • Rom 3:20
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    20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 15:17
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    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

  • Rom 3:9-10
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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

    10just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,

  • 2 Cor 3:10
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    10For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

  • Phil 3:3
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    3For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

    6For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

  • Jas 1:9
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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
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    30If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

  • 1 Cor 2:5
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    5so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

  • 1 Cor 1:19
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    19For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

  • 1 Cor 1:21
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    21For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

  • Eph 1:12
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    12so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

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    6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
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    18Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

    19For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

  • Gal 1:5
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    5to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen.

  • Rom 2:11
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    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • Phil 1:11
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    11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • Col 2:18
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    18Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

  • Eph 1:6
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    6to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

  • Rom 3:23
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    23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:7
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    7Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

  • 1 Cor 12:24
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    24but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

  • Phil 3:9
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    9and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.