They called themselves wise, but they have turned into fools,

By no means! God must prove true, though every man be false; as the Scripture says, "That you may be shown to be upright in what you say, And win your case when you go into court."

as the Scripture says, "I have made you the father of many nations." The promise is guaranteed in the very sight of God in whom he had faith, who can bring the dead to life and call into being what does not exist.

It is just like the way in which through one man sin came into the world, and death followed sin, and so death spread to all men, because all men sinned.

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into union with Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?

For if we have grown into union with him by undergoing a death like his, of course we shall do so by being raised to life like him,

We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am physical, sold into slavery to sin.

or " 'Who will go down into the depths?' " that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.

The rest became callous; as the Scripture says, "God has thrown them into a state of spiritual insensibility, with eyes that cannot see and cars that cannot hear, that has lasted down to this day."

So when I have finished this matter, and seen this contribution safely into their possession, I will start for Spain, and come to you on the way,