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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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A Heart of Sacrificial Love
Paul's shocking statement is not a literal request but a powerful, emotional expression of his deep love for his fellow Jews. Commentators like Spurgeon note that such a heart, speaking from immeasurable feeling, cannot be judged by cold logic. It models a Christ-like, self-sacrificial passion for the salvation of others, especially one's own family and community.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 (ηυχομην). Idiomatic imperfect, "I was on the point of wishing." We can see that ευχομα (I do wish) would be wrong to…
19th Century
Anglican
I could wish . . .—Rather, I could have wished. The wish, of course, related to what was really impossib…
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Baptist
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, expressing, like the prophets of old, the burden of his soul over the condition of the Jews. Since he has le…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ
Some consider this as the reason of the apostle's great hea…
Being about to discuss the rejection of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles, and to show that this all aligns with the sovereign electing love…
13th Century
Catholic
Having shown the need and power of grace, the Apostle begins to discuss the origin of grace, asking whether it is conferred solely by God…
