For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? ¹ 

And he ¹  who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit ²  intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ¹  God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. ² 

One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. ¹  Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.

Thanks be ¹  to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, ²  I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but ³  with my flesh I serve ⁴  the law of sin.

Do not be conformed ¹  to this present world, ²  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve ³  what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

For the outlook ¹  of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ¹  Do not be conceited. ² 

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

so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister. ¹ 

Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another ¹  in accordance with Christ Jesus,

if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good. ¹ 

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

¹ I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me ²  in the Holy Spirit –

For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate. ¹