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## But what does it say? ##
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The word "it" refers to "righteousness" in 10:6. Here Paul describes "righteousness" as a person that can speak. Paul uses a question to emphasize the answer he is about to give. Alternate translation: "But this is what Moses says" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## The word is near you ##
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"The message is right here"
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## in your mouth ##
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The word "mouth" refers to what a person speaks. This can be translated as a new sentence: "It is in what you say." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## and in your heart ##
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The word "heart" refers to a person's mind or what he thinks. Alternate translation: "and it is in what you think."
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## if you acknowledge with your mouth Jesus as Lord ##
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"if you confess that Jesus is Lord"
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## believe in your heart ##
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"accept as true"
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## you will be saved ##
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This can be translated with an active verb: "God will save you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## For with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth he acknowledges for salvation ##
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"For it is with the mind that a person trusts and is right before God, and it is with the mouth that a person confesses and God saves him" |