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# I am not ashamed of the gospel
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You can translate this in a positive form. Alternate translation: "I trust completely in the gospel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes
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Here "believes" means that one puts his trust in Christ. Alternate translation: "it is through the gospel that God powerfully saves those who put their trust in Christ" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# for the Jew first and for the Greek
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"for Jewish people and also for Greek people"
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# first
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Here "first" means coming before all others in order of time.
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