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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul has affirmed all men are sinners and continues to remind them that all people are wicked.
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# Therefore you are without excuse
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The word "therefore" marks a new section of the letter. It also makes a concluding statement based on what Paul said in [Romans 1:1-32](../01/32.md). AT: "Since God will punish those who continually sin, he will certainly not excuse your sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# you are
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Paul is writing here as if he were addressing a Jewish person who is arguing with him. Paul is doing this to teach his audience that God will punish everyone who continually sins, whether Jew or Gentile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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# you
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Here the pronoun "you" is singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# you person, you who judge
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Paul uses the word "person" here to scold anyone who might think he can act like God and judge others. AT: "You are just a human being, yet you judge others and say they deserve God's punishment" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# for what you judge in another you condemn in yourself
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"But you are only judging yourself because you do the same wicked deeds as they do"
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