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1 Corinthians 13 4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
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1 Corinthians 1 12
What I mean is this: One of you says,“ I follow Paul”; another,“ I follow Apollos”; another,“ I follow Cephas”; still another,“ I follow Christ.”
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2 Corinthians 11 4
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
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2 Corinthians 4 15
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
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2 Corinthians 12 19
Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening.
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Colossians 2:18
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
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2 Timothy 2 10
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
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2 Corinthians 12 6
Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say,
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2 Corinthians 11 12-2 Corinthians 11 15
And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
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1 Thessalonians 1 5
because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
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2 Corinthians 10 7
You are judging by appearances. If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.
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1 Corinthians 8 1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that“ We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
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Psalms 146:3
Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
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1 Corinthians 1 19
For it is written:“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
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1 Corinthians 3 4-1 Corinthians 3 7
For when one says,“ I follow Paul,” and another,“ I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe— as the Lord has assigned to each his task.I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
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Psalms 8:4
what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
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2 Corinthians 10 15
Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand,
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1 Corinthians 9 23
I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
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2 Corinthians 10 12
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
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1 Corinthians 4 18-1 Corinthians 4 19
Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.
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1 Corinthians 3 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written:“ He catches the wise in their craftiness”;
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Job 11:11-12
Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.
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Jeremiah 17:5-6
This is what the Lord says:“ Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
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1 Corinthians 5 2
And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?
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John 3:26-27
They came to John and said to him,“ Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan— the one you testified about— look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”To this John replied,“ A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
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1 Corinthians 3 21
So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours,
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Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
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1 Corinthians 5 6
Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?
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1 Corinthians 1 31
Therefore, as it is written:“ Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
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Matthew 23:8-10
“ But you are not to be called‘ Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.And do not call anyone on earth‘ father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.
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Numbers 11:28-29
Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth, spoke up and said,“ Moses, my lord, stop them!”But Moses replied,“ Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”
