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# it was just as it is written
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Here Paul refers to a scripture where Christ (the Messiah) speaks to God. You can translate this in an active form. AT: "the Messiah said to God in the scriptures" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# The insults of those who insulted you fell on me
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The insults of those who insulted God fell on Christ.
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# For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction
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You can translate this in an active form. AT: "For in times past, the prophets wrote everything in the Scriptures to teach us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# our ... we
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Paul includes his readers and other believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# in order that through patience and through encouragement of the scriptures we would have confidence
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Here "have confidence" means that the believers will know that God will fulfill his promises. You can make explicit the full meaning in your translation. AT: "In this way the scriptures will encourage us to expect that God will do for us everything that he has promised" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) |