Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?

for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before God;

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!