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Paul continues his imaginary argument with a Jewish person.
If you call yourself a Jew
This begins a new section of the letter. Here the word "if" does not mean Paul doubts or is unsure. He is emphasizing that these statement are true. AT: "Now you think of yourself as member of the Jewish people"
rest upon the Law, rejoice proudly in God
AT: "and you rely on the Law of Moses and rejoice proudly because of God"
know his will
This could be translated as a new sentence. AT: "And you know God's will"
having been instructed by the Law
This could be translated with an active verb. AT: "because you understand what the Law of Moses teaches"
if you are confident…and of the truth
If your language has a way to mark that 2:19-20 interrupts Paul's main argument of Romans 2:17, and Romans 2:21, use it here. You might have to place 2:19-20 before 2:17.
if you are confident
AT: "You are sure"
that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness
Both of these phrases mean basically the same thing. Paul compares a Jewish person teaching someone about the Law to helping a person that cannot see. AT: "that you yourself are like a guide to someone who is blind, and you are like a light to someone lost in the dark" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a corrector of the foolish
This could be translated as a new sentence. AT: "You correct those who do wrong" (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a teacher of babies
Here Paul compares those who do not know anything about the Law to babies. AT: "and you teach those who do not know the Law" (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
and that you have in the Law the form of knowledge and of the truth
AT: "because you are sure you understand the truth written in the Law"