TSK · Romans 4:2

So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”

The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

so that no one can boast in his presence.

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

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

But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

it is not from works, so that no one can boast.