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since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
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Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
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Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
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Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
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if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
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an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
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and the way of peace they do not know.”
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Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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Righteousness Through Faith
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
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Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
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Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
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For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—
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For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
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Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
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Released From the Law, Bound to Christ
Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives?
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The Law and Sin
What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
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We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
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For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
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We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
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In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
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And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?
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What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—
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For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
