So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good.

So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate.

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.