[__ Science __ ] Pride—Before and After the Fall

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What does the Bible say about pride and people who are proud?

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[Barbarian]

Galatians 6:4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,

 

[T. E. Smith]

Galatians 6:4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,

Philippians 2:16: "...holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain."
Romans 15:17: "In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God."

Why do so many Christians think that pride is always wrong?

 

[Barbarian]

Jesus always criticized it in the context of the "holier-than-thou" people. Paul, for example, taught us to be proud of our efforts to be what God expects us to be, but not to compare ourselves to others with pride.