Romans 9:3

for I was wishing, I myself, to be accursed from the Christ—for my brothers, my relatives, according to the flesh,

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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

2that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—

4who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32and now, if You take away their sin—and if not—please blot me out of Your scroll which You have written.”

Joshua 6:17and the city has been devoted, it and all that [is] in it, to YHWH; only Rahab the harlot lives, she and all who [are] with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

1 Samuel 14:44And Saul says, “Thus God does, and thus does He add, for you certainly die, Jonathan.”

Acts 7:23And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came on his heart to look after his brothers, the sons of Israel;

Romans 11:1I say then, did God cast away His people? Let it not be! For I am also an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

1 Corinthians 12:3for this reason, I give you to understand that no one, speaking in the Spirit of God, says Jesus [is] accursed, and no one is able to say Jesus [is] LORD, except in 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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