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For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

who are Israelites and 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;

of whom are the fathers, and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

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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) 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) 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!