Romans 9:2

that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

In Context

1I am speaking the truth in Christ. My conscience confirms through the Holy Spirit that I am not lying when I say

3For I could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

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Cross References

Romans 10:1Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God is that Israel may be saved.

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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