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1 Corinthians 1:29 (WEB)
that no flesh should boast before God.

Fathers and councils · 8

Origen, Against Celsus VI.4Book VI
“…which are despised, and things which are nought, to bring to nought things that are;” and this, truly, “that no flesh should glory in the presence of God.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. i. 27, 28, 29.
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Origen, De Principiis III.1Book III
“…to me that the divine mysteries were concealed from the wise and prudent, according to the statement of Scripture, that “no flesh should glory before God,” and revealed to children—to those, namely, who, after they have become infants and little children, i.e., have returned to the humility and simplicity of…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 29.
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Origen, De Principiis III.2Book III
“…this reason divine things have been concealed from the wise and prudent, in order, as says the apostle, that “no flesh should glory in the presence of God;” and they have been revealed to babes, to those who after childhood have come to better things, and who remember that it is not so much from their own effort,…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. i. 29.
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Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV
“Carnal Israel, therefore, should not boast; for such is the term used by the apostle: “No flesh, I say, should glory in the presence of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 29.
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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.20Book III
“…glorifying God, and giving thanks without ceasing, for that salvation which he has derived from Him, “that no flesh should glory in the Lord’s presence;” and that man should never adopt an opposite opinion with regard to God, supposing that the incorruptibility which belongs to him is his own naturally, and by…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 29.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 183To Theodore, Bishop of Tyana
“See, even we Cappadocians are in a state of faction, so to speak—a calamity never heard of before, and not to be believed—so that no flesh may glory in the sight of God, but that we may be careful, since we are all human, not to condemn each other rashly.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 29.
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Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 25
“…things of the world, and things which are not, as though they were, that the things that are may be brought to nought: that no flesh may glory before God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 27–29
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.4Book V
“Marcion’s god has no such discipline, because he does not take after (the Creator) in the process of confusing opposites by their opposites, so that “no flesh shall glory; but, as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 29, 31.
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