Romans 9:3
For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.
Cross References
Exodus 32:32Therefore now if thou pardon their sinne, thy mercy shall appeare: but if thou wilt not, I pray thee, rase me out of thy booke, which thou hast written.
Joshua 6:17And the citie shalbe an execrable thing, both it, and all that are therein, vnto the Lord: onely Rahab the harlot shall liue, shee, and all that are with her in the house: for shee hid the messengers that we sent.
1 Samuel 14:44Againe Saul answered, God doe so and more also, vnlesse thou die the death, Ionathan.
Acts 7:23Nowe when he was full fourtie yeere olde, it came into his heart to visite his brethren, the children of Israel.
Romans 11:1I Demaund then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid: for I also am an Israelite, of the seede of Abraham, of the tribe of Beniamin.
1 Corinthians 12:3Wherefore, I declare vnto you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Iesus execrable: also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost.
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 →