And as they were not careful to acknowledge God, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind to do things that were not fit to be done:

For that which was impossible for the law to do, and in which it was weak through the corruption of the flesh, God by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sacrifice for sin, hath done; that is, hath condemned sin in the flesh:

(when the children were not yet born, nor had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to his choice might abide, not on account of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said to her, the elder shall serve the younger:

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh thus, "Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven, (that is, to bring Christ down) or,

saying, "Lord, they have slain thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and always bow down their back.