1 Corinthians 1:29

that no flesh may boast before him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

In Context

28and he hath chosen those of low birth in the world, and the outcasts, and those who are nothing, to bring to nothing those who are;

30But you are of him in Jeshu Meshiha, who hath been made unto us wisdom, of Aloha, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

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Cross References

Romans 3:19BUT we know that whatever the law saith, to them who are under the law it saith: that every mouth may be shut, and all the world be guilty unto Aloha.

Romans 4:2For if Abraham by works was justified, he had cause for boasting; but not with Aloha.

1 Corinthians 1:31according as it is written, He who boasteth, in the Lord let him boast.

1 Corinthians 5:6MY brethren, your boasting is not seemly. Know you not that a little leaven the whole mass leaveneth?

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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