1 Corinthians 1:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ so that no one might boast in the presence of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ that no flesh should glory in his presence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ that no flesh should glory before God.

Common English Bible

²⁹ So no human being can brag in God’s presence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ So then, nothing that is of the flesh should glory in his sight.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ That no flesh should glory in his sight.

1 Corinthians 1:29 Cross References

Psalm 49:6

those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

Isaiah 10:15

Shall the ax vaunt itself over the one who wields it or the saw magnify itself against the one who handles it? As if a rod should raise the one who lifts it up, or as if a staff should lift the one who is not wood!

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Romans 15:17

In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for God.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

Romans 3:27

Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? That of works? No, rather through the law of faith.

Romans 4:2

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

1 Corinthians 1:31

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

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive?

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not a good thing. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all of the dough?

Ephesians 2:9

not the result of works, so that no one may boast.