3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:


In Context

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 concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Romans 9:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:3For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:3For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:3For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ — for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh: