Romans 9:3
for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
Cross References
Exodus 32:32And now, if thou wilt forgive their sin but if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book that thou hast written.
Joshua 6:17And the city shall be accursed, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
1 Samuel 14:44And Saul said, God do so [to me] and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.
Acts 7:23And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;
Romans 11:1I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For *I* also am an Israelite, of [the] seed of Abraham, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.
1 Corinthians 12:3I give you therefore to know, that no one, speaking in [the power of the] Spirit of God, says, Curse [on] Jesus; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in [the power of the] Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:2-6
Paul's Anxiety for the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →