22 Bible Verses about Paul's Boasting

I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!

I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true.

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.

But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be.

just as you did partially acknowledge us--that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.

I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.

Though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.

holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool. Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.

For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.

But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.

We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged,

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.