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.”

¹⁷ In Christ Jesus, then, I have ^(A)reason to be proud of ^(B)my work for God.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever ^(A)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^(B)so that every mouth may be stopped, and ^(C)the whole world may be held accountable to God.

^6 (A)Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that ^(B)a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

² For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but ^(A)not before God.

²³ Thus says the Lord: ^(A)“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,