because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor did they give thanks; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

they have all turned aside, they together became unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not so much as one;

But Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who sought Me not; I became manifest to those who sought not after Me."

And, if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became a joint-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the Olive tree;

For who knew the mind of the Lord? Or who became His counsellor?

that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself became a helper of many, and of myself.