For I would wish myself to be [a]separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsmen according to the [b]flesh,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:3 The Apostle loved his brethren so entirely, that if it have been possible he would have been ready to have redeemed the casting away of the Israelites, with the loss of his own soul forever: for this word separate, betokeneth as much in this place.
  2. Romans 9:3 Being brethren by flesh, as of one nation and country.

For I could wish that I myself(A) were cursed(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(C) those of my own race,(D)

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