1 Corinthians 1:31

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 10:17 : 17 But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 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. 24 If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the LORD, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the LORD.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
  • 1 Chr 16:10 : 10 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
  • 1 Chr 16:35 : 35 Say this prayer:“Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.”
  • Ps 105:3 : 3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
  • Isa 41:16 : 16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 45:25 : 25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the LORD and will boast in him.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying,‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting.”
  • Gal 6:13-14 : 13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh. 14 But 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.

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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.

    18For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

  • 1 Cor 1:29-30
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    29so that no one can boast in his presence.

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

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

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
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    17What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

    18Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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    30If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

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

  • 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.

  • Gal 1:24
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    24So they glorified God because of me.

  • Isa 45:25
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    25All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the LORD and will boast in him.

  • Jer 9:23-24
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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.

    24If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the LORD, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the LORD.

  • 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,

  • Rom 11:36
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    36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.

  • 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.

  • 1 Thess 2:20
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    20For you are our glory and joy!

  • 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?

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    2I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!

  • 2 Cor 3:10-11
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    10For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

    11For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

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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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    9it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,“Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”

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    14just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • 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.

  • Rom 16:27
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    27to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen.

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

  • Ps 104:31
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    31May the splendor of the LORD endure! May the LORD find pleasure in the living things he has made!

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

  • 2 Cor 1:20
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    20For every one of God’s promises are“Yes” in him; therefore also through him the“Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

  • Phil 2:11
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    11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

  • Col 1:27
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    27God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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    1Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

  • Eph 3:21
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    21to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • Eph 1:17
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    17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

  • Eph 3:11
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    11This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.