KJV:
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
NASB:
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
KJV:
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
NASB:
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?
KJV:
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
NASB:
But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one.
KJV:
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
NASB:
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
KJV:
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
NASB:
just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
KJV:
For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
NASB:
We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.
KJV:
Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
NASB:
But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you may be prepared;
KJV:
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
NASB:
But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.