Romans 9:3

for I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

In Context

2That I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart;

4who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;

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Cross References

Acts 7:23When he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

Romans 11:1I say, then, Has God rejected his people? It can not be. For I am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians 12:3For this reason, I make known to you, that no one, speaking by the Spirit of God, calls Jesus accursed: and no one can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the 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 →

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