But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I often purposed to come to you, though I have been hindered hitherto, that I might have some fruit of my labors among you also, as among the other gentiles.

For I know not what I do. For I do not what I would, but I do what I hate.

But if I do what I would not, I assent to the Law that it is good.

For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.

But if I do what I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

I find then that there is a law to me, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have come in.

For your obedience hath become known to all. Over you, then, I rejoice; but I would have you wise as to that which is good, and simple as to that which is evil.