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Romans 9:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. "
Romans 9:2
Verse in Context
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I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
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;
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Romans 9:1
"I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,"
Romans 9:3
"For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:"
Romans 9:4
"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;"
Romans 9:5
"Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen."
Romans 9:6
"Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:"
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