Then you will say, “The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?

What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

What shall we say then? – that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)

Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, “so will your descendants be.”

But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”