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

Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

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

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,

but as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”

For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

just as it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one,

(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.