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Romans 9:3

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GriefLove for othersIsrael and the nations

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

2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

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

4 Who are Israelites; 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;

5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
KJV
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
WEB
For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
ASV
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren`s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
DARBY
for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;
BLB
For I could wish myself to be accursed, apart from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh,
ÅB
For jeg skulle ønske at jeg selv var forbannet bort fra Kristus for mine brødre, mine landsmenn etter kjøttet,
OTB
For jeg kunne ønske at jeg selv var forbannet og skilt fra Kristus for mine brødres skyld, mine slektninger etter kjødet,
B1930
For jeg vilde ønske at jeg selv var forbannet bort fra Kristus for mine brødre, mine frender efter kjødet,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Exodus 32:32

    Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

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  • Esther 8:6

    For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

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  • Romans 11:14

    If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

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  • Galatians 3:10

    For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:22

    If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

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  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

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  • Joshua 6:17–18

    And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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  • Acts 7:23–26

    And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

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