Romans 9:2

that I have gret hevynes and continuall sorowe in my hert.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1I saye the trueth in Christ and lye not in that wherof my conscience beareth me witnes in the holy gost

3For I have wysshed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren and my kynsmen as pertayninge to the flesshe

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Cross References

Romans 10:1Brethren my hertes desyre and prayer to God for Israel is that they might 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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