I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
- BSB Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
- NKJV Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.
- NASB Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.
- NLT So I have reason to be enthusiastic about all Christ Jesus has done through me in my service to God.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- 2 Cor 2:14–16Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
- 2 Cor 12:11–21I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
- 2 Cor 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
- 2 Cor 3:4–6Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
- Heb 5:1For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- 2 Cor 12:1It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
- Phil 3:3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
- Heb 2:17Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- 2 Cor 11:16–30I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
- Rom 4:2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.
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