2 Corinthians 10:17

But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord. ¹ 

Ps 105:3; Ps 106:5; Isa 41:16; Isa 45:25; Isa 65:16; Jer 4:2; Jer 9:23,24; Ro 5:11; 1Co 1:29,31; Ga 6:13,14; Php 3:3; Jas 1:9,10

¹ tn The traditional translation (“let the one who boasts boast in the Lord”) can be understood as merely permissive by the English reader, but the Greek verb καυχάσθω (kaucasqw) is a third person imperative.

sn A quotation from Jer 9:24 (also quoted in 1 Cor 1:31).