For I could wish(A) that I myself were cursed(B) and cut off[a] from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood. They are Israelites,(C) and to them belong the adoption,(D) the glory,(E) the covenants,(F) the giving of the law,(G) the temple service,(H) and the promises.(I) The ancestors are theirs,(J) and from them, by physical descent,[b] came the Christ,(K) who is God(L) over all,(M) praised forever.[c](N) Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:3 Lit to be anathema
  2. 9:5 Lit them, according to the flesh
  3. 9:5 Or the Messiah, the one who is over all, the God who is blessed forever, or Messiah. God, who is over all, be blessed forever

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