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So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.

But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.

And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

You will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be put in.

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.

For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.