[Grammar] give over my body to hardship "that" I may boast

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If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/13-3.htm
In the above verse, is "
that" a relative pronoun?

 
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/13-3.htm
In the above verse, is "
that" a relative pronoun?


I read "that I may boast" there as equivalent to "in order that I may boast." It's not a relative clause but a purpose clause (cf. "in order to boast").
 
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