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Romans 9:3

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9:3For I could wish4 that I myself were accursed—cut off from Christ—for the sake of my people,5 my fellow countrymen,6

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Or “For I would pray.” The implied condition is “if this could save my fellow Jews.”
  2. 5 Grk “brothers.” See ἀδελφός 2.b.
  3. 6 Grk “my kinsmen according to the flesh.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

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

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

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

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