Passage

Romans 9.2

Book: Romans · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

2. that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4. who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; (Romans 9:1-4, ASV)

WEB

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

2. that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh, 4. who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises; (Romans 9:1-4, WEB)

KJV

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

2. That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: ^{accursed: or, separated} 4. Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; ^{covenants: or, testaments} (Romans 9:1-4, KJV)

YLT

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

2. that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart

for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ, for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh, 4. who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises, (Romans 9:1-4, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

G2588 - kardia, kardia, Strong's G2588

Quoted in

Arguments and defeaters:

Concepts:

Calvinism, via Romans 9.1-29
Calvinism vs Arminianism vs Molinism vs Open Theism, via Romans 9.1-29
Free Will and Determinism, via Romans 9.1-29
Hardening Pharaohs Heart, via Romans 9.1-29
Israel and the Church, via Romans 9.1-3, Romans 9.1-5
Monergism, via Romans 9.1-29
Predestination, via Romans 9.1-29
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People:

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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