I could wish (ηυχομην). Idiomatic imperfect, "I was on the point of wishing." We can see that ευχομα (I do wish) would be wrong to…

For I could wish, etc. This passage has been greatly disputed. Some have proposed to translate it, "I did wish," as referring to …

I could wish . . .—Rather, I could have wished. The wish, of course, related to what was really impossib…

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow…

The apostle begins on a personal note, expre ing, like the prophets of old, the burden of his soul over the condition of the Jews. Since he has lef…

For I could wish, etc. He could not have expressed a greater ardor of love than by what he testifies here, for that is surely perfect love…

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ

Being about to discu the rejection of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles, and to show that this all aligns with the sovereign electing love o…

1. Having shown the need and power of grace, the Apostle begins to discu the origin of grace, asking whether it is conferred solely by God’s…