²⁸ God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^(A)things that are not, to ^(B)bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹ so ^(C)that no human being^[a] might boast in the presence of God. ³⁰ And because of him^[b] you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(D)wisdom from God, ^(E)righteousness and ^(F)sanctification and ^(G)redemption, ³¹ so that, as it is written, ^(H)“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

¹⁴ But far be it from me to boast ^(A)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which^[a] the world ^(B)has been crucified to me, and I to the world.