²⁹ that no flesh should boast before God.

⁹ not of works, that no one would boast.

⁷ For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

¹⁷ I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

²⁷ Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what manner of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

²³ Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;

⁶ Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

³¹ that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

² For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? as if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches--