And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I often purposed to come unto you, (but have been hindered hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentiles.

Whereas one would hardly die for a just man, though perhaps for a good man one might dare even to die.

For that which I do, I allow not: for I do not that which I would; but what I hate, this I do.

And if I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good:

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

Now if I do that which I would not, I am no more the doer of it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

I find then a kind of law, that when I would do good, evil besets me.

For if God spared not the natural branches, neither would He spare thee.

For I would not have you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, (least ye should be wise in your own eyes) that blindness in part is befallen Israel, till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

For your obedience is come to the knowledge of all: and therefore I rejoice on your account; but yet I would have you wise to that which is good, and simple as to that which is evil.