Romans 9:3

For I could pray that I myself might be one accursed from Meshiha instead of my brethren and my kinsmen who are in the flesh;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 (that) the sorrow of my heart ceaseth not.

4who are the sons of Israel, and whose was the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministry, and the promises,

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Cross References

Acts 7:23And when he became a son of forty years, it arose upon his heart to visit his brethren the sons of Israel.

Romans 11:1BUT I say, Hath Aloha put away his people? Not so. For I also am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benyamen.

1 Corinthians 12:3I therefore make known to you, that there is no man who by the Spirit of Aloha speaketh, and saith that Jeshu is accursed; and no man also can say that Jeshu is THE LORD unless by the Spirit of Holiness.

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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