Gloating

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. — read the full passage →

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.

that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.

and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

not of works, that no man should glory.

I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. — read the full passage →

But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Destruction and misery are in their ways;

But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.