Romans 9:3

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 grief and continual anguish in my heart.

4who are Israelites; whose is 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 7:23And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the sons of Israel.

Romans 11:1I SAY then, did God cast away his people? Far be it! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians 12:3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed; and no one can say, 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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