1 Corinthians 1:29
That no flesh should glory in his presence.
KJV
ὅπως μὴ καυχήσηται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ.
Greek NT
ut non glorietur omnis caro in conspectu ejus.
Vulgate
that no flesh should glory before God.
ASV
That no flesh should glory in his sight.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
verb · 37×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅπως
opos
adverb · 53×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
God showed himself, by the fall of man, as patient, benign, merciful, mighty to save. Man is therefore most ungrateful, if, unmindful of his own lot, and of the benefits held out to him, he do not acknowledge divine grace. 1. Long-suffering therefore was God, when man became a defaulter, as foreseeing that victory which should be granted to him through the Word. For, when stren…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:31 — That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
- 1Cor 4:7 — 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?
- 1Cor 5:6 — Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- 2Cor 10:17 — But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
- Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- Eph 2:9 — Not of works, lest any man should boast.
- Eph 2:9 — Not of works, lest any man should boast.
- Gal 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
- Isa 10:15 — 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
- Jer 9:23 — 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:
- Matt 19:27 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
- Phil 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
- Ps 44:8 — In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
- Ps 105:3 — Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
- Rom 3:19 — 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.
- Rom 3:19 — 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.
- Rom 3:27 — Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
- Rom 3:27 — Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
- Rom 4:2 — For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
- Rom 4:2 — For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
- Rom 15:17 — I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.