²⁹ so ^(A)that no human being^[a] might boast in the presence of God.

^27 (A)Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

^9 (A)not a result of works, ^(B)so that no one may boast.

⁷ For who sees anything different in you? ^(A)What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

³¹ so that, as it is written, ^(A)“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”