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-# Connecting Statement:
+# you person, you who judge
 
-Paul has stated that all people are sinners and continues to remind his readers that all people are wicked.
+"any of you who judge others"
 
-# Therefore you are without excuse
-
-The word "therefore" marks a new section of the letter. It also makes a concluding statement based on what Paul has said in [Romans 1:1-32](../01/01.md). Alternate translation: "Since God will punish those who continually sin, he will certainly not excuse your sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
-
-# you are
-
-Paul is writing here as if he were addressing a Jewish person who is arguing with him. Paul is doing this to teach his audience that God will punish everyone who continually sins, whether Jew or Gentile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]])
-
-# you
-
-Here the pronoun "you" is singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
-
-# excuse, you person, you who judge, for in things for which you judge the other person, you condemn yourself
-
-"excuse. You are just a human being, yet you judge others and say they deserve God's punishment. But you are only judging yourself because you do the same wicked deeds that they do"
-
-# you person
-
-Another possible meaning is "whoever you are."
+# for in things for which you judge the other person, you condemn yourself
 
+"because you condemn yourself in the things that you judge other people for" or "because by the things you judge other people for, you show that you deserve to punished"