1 Corinthians 1:31 (WEB)
that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
Catechism · 1
“These fruits have their efficacy from him, by him they are offered to the Father, and through him they are accepted by the Father.” — Catechism footnote: Council of Trent (1551): DS 1691; cf. Phil 4:13; 1 Cor 1:31; 2 Cor 10:17; Gal 6:14; Lk 3:8[ETML:C/].
Fathers and councils · 31
Augustine of Hippo
“He confesses to have received, and when he glorieth, he glorieth in the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment““He that glorieth,” saith the Apostle, “let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in a prince; that he who glorieth, should glory in the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“This then is the first grace of God’s gift, to bring us to the confession of our infirmity, that whatever good we can do, whatever ability we have, we may be that in Him; that “He that glorieth, may glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“Well done!” but see me “glory in Thee,” if I have anything whereof to glory; for “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“Let none then glory in his own merits; but “he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”…The Lord then hath taken up this city, and is known therein, that is, His grace is known in that city: for whatever that city hath, which glorieth in the Lord, it hath not of itself.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“…beseech Physician: and because they praise not themselves, but blame themselves,—“So that he that glorieth, not in himself but in the Lord may glory,”—they acknowledge the cause of the coming of Christ, because for this end He came, that He might save sinners: for “Jesus Christ came,” he saith, “into this…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment““He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord:” he that glorieth, let him glory in goodness.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“These mountains therefore in bearing that Mountain are glorious: one of which mountains saith, “but from me far be it to glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world:” so that “he hath glorieth, not in himself, but in the Lord may glory.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“He hath added also, “for the glory of Thy Name, O Lord, deliver us:” in order that he who glorieth, not in himself, but in the Lord may glory.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“For this joy is not of thyself, since “he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“As if he said, I ask of Thee what Thou hast commanded me to ask: giving glory to His grace, that “he that glorieth, in the Lord he may glory:” without whose help we cannot by an exertion of our own will overcome the temptations of this life.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“Let no man glory in his own works: but “he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“For this reason, after saying, “be ye praised,” which assuredly they who work well deservedly may, he added, “in His holy Name,” since “he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”…This is to be praised in His holy Name.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“Christ is Thy righteousness, “Who of God is made unto us wisdom,” etc. And in Him I find Thy commandments, which I have coveted, that in Thy righteousness, that is, in Him, Thou mayest quicken me.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.
Read the whole comment“Therefore, whether here, where we engage with our faults in order to subdue and make them less, or there, as it shall be in the end, where we shall be void of every enemy, because of all infection, it is for our health that we are thus dealt with, in order that, “whoso glorieth, he may glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31
Read the whole comment“Who is made unto us wisdom of God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31
Read the whole comment“He therefore conquers in the song of the Lord, who takes pleasure in His praise, not in his own; that “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: Jer. ix. 23, 24, as in 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“For the righteousness of God is Christ, “who is of God made unto us,” as the apostle says, “wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.
Read the whole comment“And indeed the whole face, and, if I may use the expression, every lineament of the countenance of Scripture conveys by a very profound analogy this wholesome warning to every one who looks carefully into it, that he who glories should glory in the Lord.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. i. 31
Read the whole comment“…mercy interpose, so that every mouth might be stopped of those who wish to glory in their own merits, and that he that glorieth might glory in the Lord.” — editor's note: Rom. iii. 19; 1 Cor. i. 31
Read the whole comment“Wilt thou glory in thyself?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“It is this very faith that worketh by love, according to the measure thereof that the Lord hath given to every man; that he that glorieth may glory, not in himself, but in the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“For it would not be in himself, but in the truth, which is superior to himself, that he was glorying both humbly and truly: for it is he also who has given the charge, that he that glorieth should glory in the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“And so because this also is good, by Him who graciously imparteth all good is this gift of knowing likewise bestowed; that, in respect of all good things whatever, he that glorieth may glory in the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“For that is on my account, or “for my name’s sake:” because, as we are taught by the apostle, “He is made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and santification, and redemption; that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.
Read the whole comment“…of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord,” they would doubtless no longer glory in man, nor say in a carnal spirit, “I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas;” but in a spiritual way, “I am of…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.
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Jerome
“But it shall be said to him: “They that desire to be rich fall into a trap and temptations,” and “For me all glorying is in Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
Read the whole comment“Let us rather say: “Thou art my glorying,” and “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord,” and “If I yet pleased men I should not be the servant of Christ,” and “Far be it from me to glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 31.
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Tertullian
“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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Clement of Alexandria
“But if human wisdom, as it remains to understand, is the glorying in knowledge, hear the law of Scripture: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man glory in his might; but let him that glorieth glory in the Lord.”” — editor's note: Jer. ix. 23; 1 Cor. i. 31; 2 Cor. x. 17.
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Cross-references · 36
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1 Corinthians 1:31 and 2 Corinthians 10:17 share the same wording (9 words).
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