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# I do not want you to be uninformed
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Here Paul uses a double negative. You can translate this in a positive form. AT: "I very much want you to be aware" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# brothers
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Here "brothers" means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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# I
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The pronoun "I" refers to Paul.
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# you ... you ... your
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The pronouns "you" and "your" refer to the Gentile believers.
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# in order that you will not be wise in your own thinking
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Paul does not want the Gentile believers to think they are wiser than the Jewish unbelievers. AT: "so that you will not think you are wiser than you are" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# a partial hardening has occurred in Israel
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Paul speaks of "hardening" or stubbornness as if it were a hardening of physical organs in the body. Some Jews have refused to accept salvation through Jesus. AT: "many people of Israel continue to be stubborn" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# until the completion of the Gentiles come in
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The word "until" here implies that some Jews will believe after God has finished bringing the Gentiles into the church.
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