Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live any longer in it?

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will to do what is good, but I cannot do it.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;

What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"

How then can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without a preacher?

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!"