For, if those who are of the law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been brought to nought;

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be brought to nought, that we should no more be in bondage to sin;

Or has not the potter a right over the clay, out of the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest ye be wise in your own conceits), that a hardening, in part, has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the gentiles come in;

But I wrote to you the more boldly in part, as reminding you again, because of the grace which was given to me from God,