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23 This is what the Lord says:
“The wise must not ·brag [boast] about their wisdom.
    The strong must not ·brag [boast] about their strength.
    The rich must not ·brag [boast] about their ·money [riches].
24 But if people want to ·brag [boast], let them ·brag [boast]
    that they understand and know me.
Let them ·brag [boast] that I am the Lord,
    and that I am ·kind [loyal] and ·fair [just],
    and ·that I do things that are right [righteous] on earth.
·This kind of bragging pleases me [L In this I am pleased],” says the Lord [1 Cor. 1:31; 2 Cor. 10:17; James 1:9–10].

25 The Lord says, “The ·time is [L days are] coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the ·flesh [L foreskin; C observing external rituals (Gen. 17:9–14), but not from the heart; 4:4; 6:10]:

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