that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For (A)I could wish that I myself were (B)accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,[a] my kinsmen (C)according to the flesh. They are (D)Israelites, and to them belong (E)the adoption, (F)the glory, (G)the covenants, (H)the giving of the law, (I)the worship, and (J)the promises. To them belong (K)the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, (L)who is God over all, (M)blessed forever. Amen.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:3 Or brothers and sisters

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