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that there is great grief in me and unceasing pain in my heart. For I would pray[a] that I myself might be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh— who are Israelites, of whom[b] is the adoption and the glory[c] and the covenants and the Law-giving and the [temple] service and the promises,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:3 Or, I would wish (pray in a non-religious sense). Paul may mean ‘I would pray’ or ‘I could almost pray’, but don’t since it is not possible; or, ‘I was wishing’, meaning he did at one period in his life wish it.
  2. Romans 9:4 That is, to whom belong.
  3. Romans 9:4 That is, the glory of God in all its manifestations in their history.

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