Romans 9:3

For I keep wishing that I myself could be accursed away from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my physical relatives,

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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

2I have great sorrow and unceasing distress in my heart.

4the Israelites. To them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.

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Cross References

Acts 7:23Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

Romans 11:1So now I say, God did not reject His people, did He? Of course not! Why I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin!

1 Corinthians 12:3Therefore I inform you that no one speaking by God's Spirit calls Jesus accursed, and no one can declare Jesus to be Lord except 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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