<p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and the way of peace they have not knownb>.i>&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

and know his will<n id="1" /> and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,<n id="2" />

<p class="otpoetry"><i><b>For who has known the mind of the Lordb>,i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>or who has been his counselor?i>b><n id="1" />p>

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts<n id="1" /> were darkened.

We know that<n id="1" /> our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us,<n id="2" /> so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Or do you not know, brothers and sisters<n id="1" /> (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person<n id="2" /> as long as he lives?

For I don&#8217;t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want &#8211; instead, I do what I hate.<n id="1" />

But again I ask, didn&#8217;t Israel understand?<n id="1" /> First Moses says, &#8220;<b><i>I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to angeri>b>.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I<n id="1" /> 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<n id="2" /> if the law had not said, &#8220;<b><i>Do not coveti>b>.&#8221;<n id="3" />