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For I would pray that I myself were cursed, banished from Messiah for the sake of my people—my own flesh and blood, [a] who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption[b] and the glory[c] and the covenants and the giving of the Torah[d] and the Temple service[e] and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs—and from them, according to the flesh, the Messiah, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:4 Lit. my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
  2. Romans 9:4 cf. Exod. 4:22; Hos 11:1.
  3. Romans 9:4 cf. Exod. 40:34; 1 Kin. 8:11; Ezek. 1:28.
  4. Romans 9:4 cf. Deut. 4:13-14.
  5. Romans 9:4 Heb. avodah; cf. Deut. 7:6; Josh. 22:27; 1 Chr. 28:13.