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In 1 Clement, the author quotes the warning against boasting from Jeremiah 9, but ends it with the shorter version Paul uses in 1 Corinthians, likely because Clement knew the passage from the letter Paul sent to the same church in Corinth.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
LXX Jeremiah 9:23
Septuagint
22 And the human dead will be an example upon the face of the plain of your land, like stubble behind a reaper. And there will be no one to gather it. 23 Thus says the Lord: “Let the wise not boast in his wisdom, and let the strong not boast in his strength, and let the wealthy not boast in his riches. 24 Rather let the one who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows that I am the Lord, the one who deals in mercy and judgment and righteousness upon the earth. For my will is in this,” says the Lord. 25 “Look! The day is coming,” says the Lord, “and I will visit upon all the circumcised their foreskins,
1 Corinthians 1:31
New Testament
26 Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. 27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, 29 so that no one can boast in his presence. 30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 13:1
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
1 Let us therefore be lowly minded, brothers and sisters, laying aside all arrogance and conceit and folly and anger, and let us do that which is written. For the Holy Spirit says, “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong in his strength, neither the rich in his riches; but he that boasts let him boast in the Lord, that he may seek Him out, and do judgment and righteousness most of all remembering the words of the Lord Jesus which He spoke, teaching forbearance and long-suffering.”
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Notes and References
“... Of the apostolic fathers 1 Clement offers the fullest doctrine of Scripture. The sacred and authoritative character of the OT books is affirmed both by introductory formulas (“The Holy Spirit says,” 1 Clem. 13.1, quoting Jer 9:23–24; 1 Clem. 16.2, quoting Is 53:1–12) and by descriptions (“the holy word,” 1 Clem. 13.3, introducing Is 66:2, and 1 Clem. 56.3, introducing Ps 117:18 LXX; and “sacred Scriptures . . . and oracles of God,” 1 Clem. 53.1). ...”
Martin, Ralph P.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
(p. 1197) InterVarsity Press, 1997
* The use of references are not endorsements of their contents. Please read the entirety of the provided reference(s) to understand the author's full intentions regarding the use of these texts.
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