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The Book of Romans, Chapter 9, Verse 3

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That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
King James Version
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
American Standard Version
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
New English Translation
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
World English Bible
For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives 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;)
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It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
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As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.