so that, as it is written, let him who boasts boast of the Lord.
However, let him who boasts boast of the Lord;
We are the true Circumcision, we who worship God in spirit, we who pride ourselves on Christ Jesus, we who rely upon no outward privilege.
This, that if 'Abraham was justified on the score of what he did,' he has something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God.
Now I have applied what has been said above to myself and Apollos, to teach you ... that you are not to be puffed up with rivalry over one teacher as against another.