Bible in Basic English
"For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:"
— Romans 9:3, Bible in Basic English
“For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,”
I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.
For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:
Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:
Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel: