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1 Corinthians 1:29

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That no flesh should glory in his presence.
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  1. Romans 3:27Rank 1 from verse 29
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    27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

  2. Ephesians 2:9Rank 2 from verse 29
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    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

  3. Jeremiah 9:23Rank 3 from verse 29
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    23¶ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:31Rank 4 from verse 29
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    31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

  5. 1 Corinthians 4:7Rank 5 from verse 29
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    7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

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1 Corinthians 1:29

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

29That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

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