I know I said I wouldn't go to my Bible app in the beginning but its hard for me to discuss ideas and not sight the Bible this is what informs all my thoughts. Where is boasting who is in any position to boast before God. Who can bring their own righteousness (which is in all actuality unrighteousness) before God. Do your works give you a right standing in the sight of God, do your deeds make you whole, do your acts of "goodness, Kindness, and benevolence" reconcile you to God. We are reconciled to God By Christ not by the deeds of the Law, so none of us can boast we all need reconciliation. Phillippians 3:9