Romans 9:3

I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my people – my own flesh and blood.

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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

2bears me out when I say that there is a great weight of sorrow on me and that my heart is never free from pain.

4For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as children, the visible presence, the covenants, the revealed Law, the Temple worship, and the promises.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:17It will be dedicated to the Lord by destruction, the town and all in it. Only Rahab the prostitute will be spared, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

Acts 7:23When he was in his fortieth year, he resolved to visit his fellow Israelites;

Romans 11:1I ask, then, “Has God rejected his people?” Heaven forbid! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians 12:3Therefore I tell you plainly that no one who speaks under the influence of the Spirit of God says “JESUS IS ACCURSED,” and that no one can say “JESUS IS LORD,” except under the influence of 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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