^2:17But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law³⁶ and boast of your relationship to God³⁷^2:18and know his will³⁸ and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,³⁹

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Footnotes

36 The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
37 Grk “boast in God.” This may be an allusion to Jer 9:24.
38 Grk “the will.”
39 Grk “because of being instructed out of the law.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God, and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

NLTNew Living Translation

You who call yourselves Jews are relying on God’s law, and you boast about your special relationship with him. You know what he wants; you know what is right because you have been taught his law.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve the things that are superior, because you are instructed by the law,

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

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