Romans 9:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

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  • Exod 32:32 : 32 But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.
  • Gal 1:8 : 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
  • Gen 29:14 : 14 And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.
  • Deut 21:23 : 23 Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
  • Josh 6:17-18 : 17 And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent. 18 And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 14:24 : 24 And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.
  • 1 Sam 14:44 : 44 And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.
  • Esth 8:6 : 6 For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?
  • Acts 7:23-26 : 23 But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow: 25 And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see. 26 And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.
  • Rom 11:1 : 1 So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  • Rom 9:1-2
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    1I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

    2That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

  • Rom 10:1-2
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    1Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

    2For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

  • Rom 9:4-5
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    4Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

    5Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

  • Rom 11:1
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    1So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

  • Rom 11:14
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    14If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.

  • Gal 4:15
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    15Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

  • Gal 5:11-12
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    11But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away.

    12My desire is that they who give you trouble might even be cut off themselves.

  • Gal 6:12-14
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    12Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.

    13Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

    14But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

  • Phil 1:8
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    8For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

  • Phil 3:4-7
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    4Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

    5Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:

    6In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

    7But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

  • Rom 11:27-28
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    27And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.

    28As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.

  • Gal 1:9-10
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    9As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.

    10Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Acts 26:29
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    29And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

  • Gal 3:13
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    13Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

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    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

  • 1 Cor 9:19-21
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    19For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

    20And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

    21To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

  • 2 Cor 11:22
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    22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

  • Gal 1:13-14
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    13For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

    14And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

  • Gal 3:10
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    10For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

  • Rom 7:24
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    24How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.

  • Ps 69:8
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    8I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

  • Phlm 1:9
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    9Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

  • Rom 1:9
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    9For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

  • 2 Tim 2:10
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    10But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

  • Rom 9:13
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    13Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.