22 Bible Verses about Paul's Boasting

By the pride that belongs to you, that I keep in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Great is my boldness toward you, great is my pride for you. I have been filled with encouragement. I over-abound with joy in all our affliction.

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boast? Or is it not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

So as for us ourselves to have pride in you in the congregations of God, for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the tribulations that ye endure,

Because, if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed, but as we spoke all things in truth to you, so also our boast to Titus became truth.

For I know your willingness, which I boast about you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared from a year ago. And your zeal provoked the majority.

But I sent the brothers so that our boast about you would not be empty in this regard. So that, as I said, ye may be prepared,

as also ye did acknowledge us in part, because we are your boast, just as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

I say again, let not any man think me to be foolish, but if otherwise--even if as foolish--accept me, so that I also may boast some a little.

For such a man I will boast, but for myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

For if I should want to boast, I will not be foolish, for I will speak the truth. But I refrain lest any man should reckon to me above what he sees of me or hears anything from me.

Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty.

The truth of Christ is in me that this pride in me will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

What I speak, I speak not according to Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of the boast. Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.

For even if I also should boast somewhat more abundantly about our authority (which the Lord gave us for building up, and not for tearing you down), I will not be shamed,

But we will not boast in things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the standard that God apportioned to us, of a measure to reach even as far as you.

not boasting in things immeasurable, in other men's labors, but having hope of your faith growing in you to be enlarged according to our measure for abundance,

If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of the things of my weakness.

(Really, to me boasting is not helpful.) For I will come to visions and revelations of Lord.

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.