Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,

That in law dost boast, Through the transgression of the law, art thou dishonouring God?

What, then, is there to boast about? That has been eliminated. On what principle? On that of actions? No, but on the principle of faith.

For, if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath whereof to boast; - nevertheless, not towards God, -

Through whom also we have had, our introduction, by our faithinto this favour wherein we stand; and let us boast in hope of the glory of God.

And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance.

And not only that, but we are making our boast in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we have received the reconciliation.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches:

Be not boasting over the branches! Howbeit, if thou boast, it is not, thou, that bearest the root, but the root, thee!

Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus regarding what pertains to God.