justified (acquitted), and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved (Romans 10:9-

Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9  Resist him,

With all wisdom and understanding, 9  he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good

you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. 8   I cling to you; your right hand upholds me. 9  

(Romans 9:19). Paul answers this vexing question in today's passage.

delivers them. 8   Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. 9  

through him all might believe. 8  He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 

yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9  

In fact, a chapter earlier at the beginning of Romans 9, Paul describes this pain as "great sorrow and

They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9  I pray for them