Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself would be cursed and set apart from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race according to the flesh.

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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

2that for me there is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

4They are Israelites. They have adoption, the glory, the covenants, the gift of the law, the worship of God, and the promises.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32But now, please forgive their sin; but if you do not, blot me out of the book that you have written.”

Joshua 6:17The city and all that is in it will be set apart to Yahweh for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute will live—she and all the ones with her in her house—because she hid the men we sent.

1 Samuel 14:44Saul said, “God do so and more also to me, if you do not die, Jonathan.”

Acts 7:23But when he was about forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

Romans 11:1I say then, did God reject his people? May it never be. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians 12:3Therefore I want you to know that no one who speaks by the Spirit of God can say, “Jesus is accursed.” 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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