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Romans 9:2–3

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2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For bI could wish that I myself were caccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,1 my kinsmen daccording to the flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or brothers and sisters

Cross references

  1. b[Ex. 32:32]
  2. c1 Cor. 12:3; 16:22; Gal. 1:8, 9
  3. d[ch. 11:14]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.

NLTNew Living Translation

My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

that my grief is great and there is constant distress in my heart. For I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my fellow countrymen according to the flesh,

KJV 1900King James Version

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: