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The Book of Romans, Chapter 9, Verse 1

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Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
King James Version
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
American Standard Version
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
New English Translation
So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.
World English Bible
I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
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That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
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For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
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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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Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
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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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Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
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For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
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And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac;
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(For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)