Romans 9:3
Greek Text— Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ”
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
and say to them, Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Cursed is the man who doesn’t hear the words of this covenant,
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
For the law produces wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before Yahweh who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates.”
“Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.
For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’ ” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
“ ‘ “The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land.
“At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. At that time your people will be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.
circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, “May Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.
Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.
Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
We love him, because he first loved us.
He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?
you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.
If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be cursed. Come, Lord!
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” Jacob stayed with him for a month.
Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”
“ ‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man devotes to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed. Everything that is permanently devoted is most holy to Yahweh.
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless my son!”
The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”
Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.
Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”
For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?