Romans 9:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ They are my brothers and sisters, my earthly family. I wish I could help them. I would even have a curse on me and cut myself off from Christ if that would help them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off and banished from Christ for the sake of my brethren and instead of them, my natural kinsmen and my fellow countrymen. [Exod. 32:32.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Common English Bible

³ I wish I could be cursed, cut off from Christ if it helped my brothers and sisters, who are my flesh-and-blood relatives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For I was desiring that I myself might be anathemized from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

Romans 9:3 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 29:14

Then Laban said, “This is wonderful! You are from my own family.” So Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.

2 Samuel 18:33

{Then the king knew Absalom was dead}. The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. He kept crying again and again as he walked to that room. He was saying, “O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Esther 8:6

I am begging the king because I could not bear to see those terrible things happen to my people. I could not bear to see my family killed.”

Exodus 32:32

Now, forgive them of this sin! If you will not forgive them, then erase my name from the book [330] you have written.”

Acts 13:26

“My brothers, sons in the family of Abraham, {\cf2\super [267]} and you non-Jews who also worship the true God, listen! The news about this salvation has been sent to us.

Acts 22:5

The high priest {\cf2\super [437]} and the whole council of older Jewish leaders can tell you that this is true! One time these leaders gave me some letters. The letters were to the Jewish brothers in the city of Damascus. I was going there to arrest the followers of Jesus and bring them back to Jerusalem for punishment.

Acts 28:21

The Jews answered Paul, “We have received no letters from Judea about you. None of our Jewish brothers who have traveled from there (Judea) brought news about you or told us anything bad about you.

Romans 11:1

So I ask, “Did God throw out his people?” No! I myself am an Israelite (Jew). I am from the family of Abraham, {\cf2\super [114]} from the family group of Benjamin.

Romans 11:14

I hope I can make my own people (the Jews) jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.

Romans 16:11

Say hello to Herodion, my relative. Say hello to all the people in the family of Narcissus that belong to the Lord.

Romans 16:21

Timothy, a worker together with me, says hello to you. Also Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater (these are my relatives) say hello to you.

Romans 16:7

Say hello to Andronicus and Junia. They are my relatives, and they were in prison with me. They were followers of Christ before I was. And they are some of the most important of the people that Christ sent out to do his work. {\cf2\super [161]} They were believers in Christ before I was.

Romans 9:2

I have great sorrow and always feel much sadness \{for the Jewish people\}.

1 Corinthians 12:3

So I tell you that no person that is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “Jesus be cursed.” And no person can say, “Jesus is Lord,” without the help of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [82]}

1 Corinthians 16:22

If any person does not love the Lord, then let that person be separated from God—lost forever!

2 Corinthians 12:15

So I am happy to give everything I have for you. I will even give myself for you. If I love you more, will you love me less?

Galatians 1:8

We told you the true Good News message. So if anyone tells you a different message, they should be condemned—even if it’s one of us or even an angel from heaven!

Galatians 1:9

I said this before. Now I say it again: You have already accepted the Good News. If any person tells you another way to be saved, they should be condemned!

Galatians 3:10

But people who depend on following the law \{to make them right\} are under a curse. Why? Because the Scriptures say, “A person must do all the things that are written in the law. {\cf2\super [28]} If he does not always obey, then that person is under a curse!” {\cf2\super [29]}

Galatians 3:13

The law put a curse on us. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us. Christ put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “When a person’s body is put (hung) on a tree, {\cf2\super [32]} that person is under a curse.” {\cf2\super [33]}

Ephesians 6:5

Slaves, obey your masters here on earth. Obey with fear and respect. And do that with a heart that is true, the same as you obey Christ.

Deuteronomy 21:23

You must not let that body stay on the tree all night. You must be sure to bury this man on the same day. Why? Because the person that hangs on a tree is cursed by God. You must not ruin the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Samuel 14:24

But Saul made a big mistake that day. [132] The Israelites were tired and hungry. This was because Saul forced the people to make this promise: Saul said, “If any man eats food before evening comes and before I finish defeating my enemies, then that man will be punished!” So none of the Israelite soldiers ate any food.

1 Samuel 14:44

Saul said, “I made a promise and asked God to punish me if I didn’t keep my promise! Jonathan must die!”