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# Connecting Statement:
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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.
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# tribulation and distress on
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The words "tribulation" and "distress" mean basically the same thing here and emphasize how bad God's punishment will be. Alternate translation: "awful punishments to" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# on every human soul
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Here, Paul uses the word "soul" as a synecdoche that refers to the whole person. Alternate translation: "upon every person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# has practiced evil
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"has continually done evil things"
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# evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek
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"evil. He will judge the Jewish people first, and then those people who are not Jewish"
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# first
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Possible meanings are 1) "first in order of time" or 2) "most certainly"
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