Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.

For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.

But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

For, if God did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you.

For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.

Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.