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Connecting Statement:
Though this section is speaking to the non-religious wicked person, Paul sums it up by stating both non-Jews and Jews are wicked before God.
self-seeking
"selfish" or "only concerned with what makes themselves happy"
disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second intensifies the first. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
wrath and fierce anger will come
The words "wrath" and "fierce anger" mean basically the same thing and emphasize God's anger. AT: "God will show his terrible anger" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
wrath
Here the word "wrath" is a metonym that refers to God's severe punishment of wicked people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
tribulation and distress on
The words "tribulation" and "distress" mean basically the same thing here and emphasize how bad God's punishment will be. AT: "awful punishments will happen to" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
on every human soul
Here, Paul uses the word "soul" as a synecdoche that refers to the whole person. AT: "upon every person" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
has practiced evil
"has continually done evil things"
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek
"God will judge the Jewish people first, and then those who are not Jewish people"
first
Possible meanings are 1) "first in order of time" or 2) "most certainly"