1 Corinthians 1:31 BSB

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἵνα	ina	in order that	G2443 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
γέγραπται·	gegraptai	it has been written:	G1125 →
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
καυχώμενος	kauchōmenos	boasting	G2744 →
ἐν	en	in [the]	G1722 →
κυρίῳ	kuriō	Lord	G2962 →
καυχάσθω.¶	kauchasthō	he should boast.	G2744 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 10:17
Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:23–24
  This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Philippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
leads to
- Colossians 2:11
  In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
- Deuteronomy 30:6
  The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Romans 7:6
  But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the…
- Galatians 6:13–15
  For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
Through
Psalms 105:3
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
leads to
- Lamentations 3:25
  The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Galatians 6:14
  But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- Proverbs 8:17
  I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Jeremiah 9:23–24This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.Jeremiah 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.2 Corinthians 10:17Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”Psalms 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—Romans 4:2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.Psalms 105:3Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.Luke 1:46Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,Isaiah 45:25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.1 Chronicles 16:10Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.Jeremiah 4:2and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”Galatians 6:13–14For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.1 Chronicles 16:35Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’1 Corinthians 1:29so that no one may boast in His presence.1 Corinthians 4:6Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

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