Romans 9:3
For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2that great distress is in me, and unceasing sorrow in my heart.
Cross References
Exodus 32:32Yet now, if thou will forgive their sin--, and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou have written.
Joshua 6:17And the city shall be set apart, even it and all that is in it, to LORD. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
1 Samuel 14:44And Saul said, God do so and more also, for thou shall surely die, Jonathan.
Acts 7:23But when a forty year time span was fulfilled by him, it came into his heart to go help his brothers, the sons of Israel.
Romans 11:1I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
1 Corinthians 12:3Therefore I make known to you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed, and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, except by Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:2-6
Paul's Anxiety for the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as… Read the whole commentary →