that, as it is written, He who exults, let him exult in the Lord.

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches:

Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who moves it? As if the rod could swing itself at those who lift it up! As if a staff could rise up, as though it were not wood!

Thus says Jehovah, Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches;

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but through the law of faith.

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

Therefore I have reason to exult in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.

not of works, that no one should boast.