1 I tell the truth in Messiah—I do not lie, my conscience assuring me in the Ruach ha-Kodesh—
2 that my sorrow is great and the anguish in my heart unending.
3 For I would pray that I myself were cursed, banished from Messiah for the sake of my people—my own flesh and blood,
4 who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Torah and the Temple service and the promises.