Romans 9:3

For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.

4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises;

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Cross References

Acts 7:23But when he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

Romans 11:1I SAY then, Hath God rejected his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Corinthians 12:3Wherefore I advertise you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, call Jesus anathema: and no man can say, Lord Jesus, 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 →

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