1 Corinthians 1:29

So that no flesh should boast before God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

In Context

28And, the low-born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen,— [and] the things that are not,—that, the things that are, he might bring to nought;

30But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God,—both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or, the saw, magnify itself, against him that wieldeth it? As if a rod, could wield, them who lift it up! As if a staff, could raise, what is, not wood!

Romans 3:19Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

Romans 4:2For, if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath whereof to boast;—nevertheless, not towards God,—

1 Corinthians 1:31In order that, even as it is written—He that boasteth, in the Lord, let him boast.

1 Corinthians 5:6Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the 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 →

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