³ For I could wish that I myself^(A) were cursed^(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,^(C) those of my own race,^{(D) 4} the people of Israel.^(E) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;^(F) theirs the divine glory,^(G) the covenants,^(H) the receiving of the law,^(I) the temple worship^(J) and the promises.^{(K) 5} Theirs are the patriarchs,^(L) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,^(M) who is God over all,^(N) forever praised!^[a](O) Amen.