²⁹ That no flesh should glory in his presence.

⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.

⁷ For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

¹⁷ I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

²⁷ Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

¹⁹ Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

²³ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

⁶ Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

³¹ That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

² For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

⁶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;