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Paul complains upon the hard hearts of the Jews who would not receive Christ. How the heathen are chosen in their stead.

I speak the truth in Christ, and do not speak falsely, regarding that of which my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit. I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I have wished myself to be cursed from Christ for my brethren and my kinsmen according to the flesh,

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Paul’s Anguish Over Israel

I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying,(A) my conscience confirms(B) it through the Holy Spirit— I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself(C) were cursed(D) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(E) those of my own race,(F)

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