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I speak the truth in Christ — I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost—

that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

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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I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. For I could [a]wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh: who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the [b]flesh, who is over all, God blessed [c]for ever. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:3 Or, pray
  2. Romans 9:5 Or, flesh; he who is over all, God, be blessed for ever
  3. Romans 9:5 Greek unto the ages.