Romans 9:1-3 Part 1 of 2

I speak the truth in Christ--I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit--I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race, ...

I speak the truth in Christ- I am not lying 

Psalm 15:2  The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; ...

2 Corinthians 11:10  As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.

Galatians 1:20  I assure  you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.

1 Timothy 2:7  And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am telling the truth, I am not lying--and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit 

Romans 1:9  God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you ...

For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ 

Exodus 32:32  "But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written."

for the sake of my people 

Acts 22:4-5  "I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, as the high priest and all the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished."

Acts 13:26  "Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent."

Acts 28:17  Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: "My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans."

Acts 22:21  They replied, "We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you."

 

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