²⁹so ^rthat no human being⁴ might boast in the presence of God. ³⁰And because of him⁵ you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us ^swisdom from God, ^trighteousness and ^usanctification and ^vredemption, ³¹so that, as it is written, ^w“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

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Footnotes

4Greek no flesh
5Greek And from him

Cross references

r Eph. 2:9; [Judg. 7:2]
s[ver. 24]
t Jer. 23:5, 6; 33:16; 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9
u[ver. 2]
v Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; [Rom. 3:24]
w 2 Cor. 10:17; [Jer. 9:23, 24]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption —in order that, as it is written: Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

so that all flesh may not boast before God. But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, just as it is written, “The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

KJV 1900King James Version

That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

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