Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Rejoicing
Bible References
Prove
1 Corinthians 11:28
A man should examine himself, and only when he has done so should he eat any of the bread or drink from the cup.
2 Corinthians 13:5
It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!
Rejoicing
1 Corinthians 4:3
I for my part care very little about being examined by you or by any human court. I do not even offer myself for investigation.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.
1 John 3:19
From that we can be sure that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight,
And not
Galatians 6:13
Why, even those who let themselves be circumcised do not observe the Law themselves! But they want you to let yourselves be circumcised so that they can boast of that physical fact about you!
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.
1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!"
1 Corinthians 3:21
So no one should boast about men. For it all belongs to you??22 Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future??ll of it belongs to you.
1 Corinthians 4:6
Now, brothers, for your benefit I have applied all this only to Apollos and myself, by using us as illustrations to teach you the old lesson, "Never go beyond the letter," and to keep any of you from boasting of one teacher at the expense of another.
2 Corinthians 11:12
And I shall go on doing as I do, so as to cut the ground from under those who want to make out that in their boasted apostleship they work on the same terms that I do.