1 Corinthians 1:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.

1 Corinthians 1:29 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 3:27
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Ephesians 2:9
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Jeremiah 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:
Romans 15:17
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
1 Corinthians 1:31
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Topics

Agency Ambition Arrogance Boasting Chosen, or Elected Conceit Contingencies Decrees, Divine

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-31)

We have here, I. The manner in which Paul preached the gospel, and the cross of Christ: Not with the wisdom of words (1 Cor. 1:17), the enticing words of man’s wisdom (1 Cor. 2:4), the flourish of oratory, or the accuracies of philosophical language, upon which the Greeks so much prided themselves, and which seem to have been the peculiar recommendations of some of the heads of the faction in this…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 29)

29. no flesh ... glory--For they who try to glory (boast) because of human greatness and wisdom, are “confounded” or put to shame (1Co 1:27). Flesh, like “the flower of the field,” is beautiful, but frail (Is 40:6). in his presence--We are to glory not before Him, but in Him [Bengel].