Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not count to him.

I cannot understand my own actions; I do not act as I want to act; on the contrary, I do what I detest.

I cannot be good as I want to be, and I do wrong against my wishes.

For the interests of the flesh are hostile to God; they do not yield to the law of God (indeed they cannot).

Those who are in the flesh cannot satisfy God.

let their eyes be darkened, that they cannot see, bow down their backs for ever.

Personally I am quite certain, my brothers, that even as it is you have ample goodness of heart, you are filled with knowledge of every kind, and you are well able to give advice to one another.