For (A)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my [a]countrymen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, (B)to whom pertain the adoption, (C)the glory, (D)the covenants, (E)the giving of the law, (F)the service of God, and (G)the promises; (H)of whom are the fathers and from (I)whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, (J)who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

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  1. Romans 9:3 Or relatives

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