Romans 9:1-5 (Epistle)
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 - I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
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 - that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
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 - For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,
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 - who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
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 - of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.