1 Corinthians 1:29
so that no flesh may boast before God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
That no flesh should glory in his presence.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.
Romans 3:19Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.
Romans 4:2For if Abraham was made righteous from works, he has a boast, but not before God.
1 Corinthians 1:31so that, just as it is written, He who boasts, let him boast in Lord.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
The Efficacy of the Gospel; The Character of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the… Read the whole commentary →