²⁹ that no flesh may glory before Him;

⁹ not of works, that no one may boast;

⁷ for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

¹⁷ I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

²⁷ Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

¹⁹ And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

²³ Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

⁶ Not good `is' your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

³¹ that, according as it hath been written, `He who is glorying -- in the Lord let him glory.'

² for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

¹⁵ -- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.