⁶ Whether it is ^[a]pleasing or ^[b]displeasing, we will ^(A)obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we send you, ^(B)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

²³ But this is what I commanded them, saying, ^(A)‘Obey My voice, and ^(B)I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’

^29 (A)Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and ^(B)always keep all My commandments, ^(C)that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

⁷ Because ^(A)the ^[a]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, ^(B)nor indeed can be.

^2 (A)that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, ^(B)and that your days may be prolonged. ³ Therefore hear, O Israel, and ^[a]be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may ^(C)multiply greatly ^(D)as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—^(E)‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

³³ You shall walk in ^(A)all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live ^(B)and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

Law Cannot Save from Sin

¹³ Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

Sin’s Advantage in the Law

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, ^(A)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ^(B)“You shall not covet.”