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# why do you judge your brother? And you, why do you despise your brother?
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By using these questions, Paul is demonstrating how he might need to scold individuals among his readers. AT: "it is wrong for you to judge your brother, and it is wrong for you to despise your brother!" or "stop judging and despising your brother!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# brother
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Here this means a fellow Christian, male or female.
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# For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God
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The "judgment seat" refers to God's authority to judge. AT: "For God will judge us all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# For it is written
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You can translate this in an active form. AT: "For someone has written in the Scriptures:" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# As I live
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This phrase is used to start an oath or solemn promise. AT: "You can be certain that this is true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# to me every knee will bend, and every tongue will give praise to God
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Paul uses the words "knee" and "tongue" to refer to the whole person. Also, the Lord uses the word "God" to refer to himself. AT: "every person will bow and give praise to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/written]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tongue]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/praise]] |