Context 10:17 But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.110:18 For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.
[10:17]1tn 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.