Roma 7:18

7:18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. ¹ 

Roma 11:8

11:8 as it is written,

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,

to this very day.” ² 

Roma 12:16

12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ³  Do not be conceited. ⁴ 

[7:18]  ¹ tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”

[11:8]  ² sn A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10.

[12:16]  ³ tn Or “but give yourselves to menial tasks.” The translation depends on whether one takes the adjective “lowly” as masculine or neuter.

[12:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “Do not be wise in your thinking.”