Romans 10:1
Brethren, indeed the desire of my heart and my prayer to God in their behalf, is for their salvation.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
In Context
2For I testify to them, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to perfect knowledge;
Cross References
Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather thy children, in the manner in which a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye were not willing!
Romans 9:1I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Matthew Henry on Romans 10:1
The dissolving of the peculiar church-state of the Jews, and the rejection of that polity by the repealing of their ceremonial law, the vacating of all the institutions of it, the abolishing of their priesthood, the burning of their temple, and the taking away of their place and nation, and in their room the substituting and erecting of a catholic church-state among the Gentile nations, though to us, now that these things have long since been done and completed, they may seem no great matter, yet to those who… Read the whole commentary →