1 Corinthians 1:29

that no flesh should glory in his presence.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

In Context

28and the ignoble things of the world, and the things that are despised, has God chosen, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are;

30But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who has become to us, from God, wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

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Cross References

Romans 3:19Now we know that what the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.

Romans 4:2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has cause for boasting, but not before God.

1 Corinthians 1:31that, as it is written: He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good; know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole mass?

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 →

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