Romans 9:3

for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ, if that would help them.

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

In Context

2how terribly sad I am, how I have never-ending pain in my heart,

4They are my fellow-Israelites, God's chosen people. God revealed to them his glory and made agreements with them, giving them the law, true worship, and his promises.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32But now, if you will, forgive their sin. Otherwise just blot me out of the scroll in which you keep your records.”

Joshua 6:17The city and everything in it is to be set apart for the Lord and destroyed. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.

1 Samuel 14:44Saul said, “May God punish me very severely if you do not die, Jonathan!”

Acts 7:23However, when he was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the Israelites.

Romans 11:1But then I ask, “Has God rejected his people?” Of course not! I'm an Israelite myself, from the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians 12:3Let me make it clear to you: no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says, “Curse Jesus!” and no one can say, “Jesus is 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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