22 Bible Verses about Paul's Boasting
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I face death daily even as I rejoice over you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Great is my confidence in you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in our entire affliction.
Who is our hope, or joy, or crown of exultation? Is it not you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.
If in anything I have boasted about him to you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our boasting also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
I know you are ready and I boast about to the Macedonians. That Achaia has been prepared since last year. Your zeal stirred up many of them.
But I have sent the brothers that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect. Even as I said, you may be prepared:
as also you did acknowledge us in part, that we are your reason to be proud, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
I say again, let no man think me foolish. If you do, yet receive me as foolish that I also may boast a little.
I will brag about this person, but I will not brag about myself unless it is about my weaknesses.
If I ever wanted to brag, I would not be a fool. Instead, I would be telling the truth. But I am going to spare you so that no one may think more of me than what he sees or hears about me.
Hold fast to the word of life so I may rejoice in the day of Christ. That way I will not have labored in vain.
This is our pride and testimony of conscience. In holiness and Godly sincerity we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. It was not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God.
But I have used none of these rights! Neither have I written these things, that it should be done to me. It would be better for me to die, than that any man should make my reason for boasting void.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me from doing this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting. Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also.
I should boast a great deal concerning the authority the Lord gave us to build you up, and not to tear you down, I would not be put to shame.
But we will not boast beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province that God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even to you.
We did not boast beyond our assignment in other men's labors. Having hope that, as your faith grows, we shall be made great among you according to our territory for further abundance.
I must brag, although it does not do any good. I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
He told me: My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31)
