because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

And as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are inappropriate;

For what if some did not believe? whether will their unbelief destroy the faith of God?

but death reigned from Adam unto Moses, even on those who did not sin after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the type of him who is to come.

But not as was the transgression, even so is the free gift: for if by the transgression of one many died, how much more by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, did the grace of God and the gift abound unto many!

But the law came, that the transgression might abound; but where sin did abound, there did grace superabound:

For when we were in carnality, the emotions of sins, which were through the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Then what shall we say? is the law sin? It could not be so; but I did not know sin except through the law: for indeed I had not known lusts, unless the law said, Thou shalt not covet.

But sin, taking occasion through the commandment, did work in me all concupiscence; for without law sin was dead.

Then did that which is good become death to me? it could not be so: but sin, that it may appear sin, through the good was working out death to me, in order that sin may be exceedingly sinful through the commandment.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but you received the Spirit of adoption, in which we cry; Father, Father.

Because whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

and whom He did foreknow, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them He also glorified.

O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Whether shall the thing formed say to him that formed it. Why did you make me thus?

but Israel, following after the law, did not attain unto the law of righteousness.

Then I say, Did God cast away his people? it could not be so. For I am indeed an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God did not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says in Elijah, how he makes intercession to God against Israel?

What then? Israel did not attain that which he was seeking, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

Then I say; Whether did they stumble that they may fall? it could not be so: but by their fall, salvation came to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.

for Christ did not please himself; but, as has been written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.