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29 so that no human being might boast[a] before God.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:29–31 “Boasting (about oneself)” is a Pauline expression for the radical sin, the claim to autonomy on the part of a creature, the illusion that we live and are saved by our own resources. “Boasting in the Lord” (1 Cor 1:31), on the other hand, is the acknowledgment that we live only from God and for God.

29 so that no one may boast before him.(A)

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29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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