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For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

"Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"? 1 Kings 19:10, 14">[fn]

For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. [fn]

But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil.

Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," or "I am of Apollos," or "I am of Cephas," or "I am of Christ."

For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal?

For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;

What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?