22 Bible Verses about Paul's Boasting

Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:

Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.

For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems. Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.

For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.

Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.

As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.