Romans 9:2
That I haue great heauinesse, & continuall sorowe in my heart.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
In Context
1I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,
Cross References
Isaiah 66:10Reioyce with Hierusalem, and be glad with her all ye that loue her, be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her.
Lamentations 3:48Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people:
Romans 10:1Brethren, my heartes desire & prayer to God for Israel, is, that they myght be saued.
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 →