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- whatever the Law says, it speaks to - "everything that the Law says people should do is for" or "all the commands that Moses wrote in the Law are for" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_personification)
- in order that every mouth may be closed - AT: "so that no people will be able to say anything valid to defend themselves" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche; See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
- flesh - Here it means in a figurative way to refer to all human beings or all living creatures.
- For - Possible meanings are 1) "Therefore" or 2) "This is because" or 3) "Instead."
- through the Law comes the knowledge of sin - AT: "when someone knows God's law, he realizes that he is not righteous but rather sinful before God"