1 CORINTHIANS 1:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“That no flesh should glory in his presence.”
So that no one may boast before him — the purpose clause (hopōs) reveals the whole strategy: to exclude boasting (kauchaomai) before God. In Corinth's patronage world, boasting in patrons, wealth, and status defined social life. Paul announces God's redistributive justice: only one person can be boasted in—God himself.
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