1 CORINTHIANS 1:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”
Therefore, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord' — the citation is from Jeremiah 9:24, Paul's capstone. Boasting (kauchē) is not forbidden but redirected: boast exclusively in the Lord. This verse encapsulates chapters 1-4: the Corinthians must cease internal boasting in human teachers and make the singular object of pride God himself. All wisdom, power, status, and honor flow from him alone.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 1:31
“But of Him are you in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” The expression “of Him,” I suppose he uses here, not of our introduction into being, but with reference to the faith: that is, to our having become children of God, “not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh.” John 1:13 “Think not then, that having taken away our glorying, He left us so: for there is another, a greater glorying, His gift. For…
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