1 I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen by race,
4 who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises,