2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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Paul continues his imaginary argument with a Jewish person, whom he scolds with rhetorical questions.
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## But ##
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"So" (UDB)
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## consider this ##
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"think about what I am going to tell you"
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## person ##
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Use the general word for a human being. Alternate translation: "whoever you are."
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## you who judge those who practice such things although you do the same things ##
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"who say someone deserves God's punishment while you do the same wicked deeds"
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## Will you escape from the judgment of God? ##
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Alternate translation: "You will certainly not escape God's judgment!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## Or do you think so little of the riches of his goodness, his delayed punishment, and his patience ##
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Alternate translation: "You act like it does not matter that God is good and he patiently waits a long time before he punishes people."
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## think so little of the riches...patience ##
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"consider the riches...patience unimportant" or "consider...not good"
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## not knowing that his goodness is meant to lead you to repentance ##
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This can be translated as a new sentence: "You must know that God shows you he is good so that you might repent."
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