Romans 10:1

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Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:20-22 : 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law(though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law. 21 To those free from the law I became like one free from the law(though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law. 22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.
  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
  • John 5:34 : 34 (I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)
  • Rom 9:1-3 : 1 Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit– 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed– cut off from Christ– for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,
  • Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 9:2-4
    3 verses
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    2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

    3For I could wish that I myself were accursed– cut off from Christ– for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,

    4who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

  • Rom 10:2
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    2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

  • Rom 1:9-13
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    9For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

    10and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

    11For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

    12that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

    13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

  • Rom 11:1-2
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    1Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

    2God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

  • Rom 15:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.

    31Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

  • Rom 11:14
    73%

    14if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

  • Rom 11:25-28
    4 verses
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    25For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

    26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:“The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

    27And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”

    28In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

  • Phil 1:19
    70%

    19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

  • Phil 1:8-9
    2 verses
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    8For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

    9And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

  • Rom 11:11
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    11I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

  • Rom 9:27
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    27And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel,“Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

  • Rom 11:7
    68%

    7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

  • 2 Tim 2:10
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    10So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

  • Rom 15:9
    68%

    9and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,“Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”

  • Rom 1:15-16
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    15Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.

    16The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

  • Phil 1:4
    68%

    4I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

  • Acts 15:11
    68%

    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”

  • 2 Thess 1:11
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    11And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
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    52“May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.

  • Rom 9:6
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    6It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

  • 1 Thess 3:10
    67%

    10We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.

  • 1 Tim 2:4
    67%

    4since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

  • Rom 10:13
    67%

    13For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

  • Heb 13:19
    67%

    19I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

  • Acts 13:26
    66%

    26Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

  • Gal 2:10
    66%

    10They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

  • Acts 21:13
    66%

    13Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

  • Rom 15:13
    66%

    13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Gal 1:13
    66%

    13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
    66%

    4As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

  • Gal 6:16
    66%

    16And all who will behave in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God.

  • Acts 15:17
    66%

    17so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,’ says the Lord, who makes these things

  • John 17:20
    66%

    20Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere“I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,

  • Acts 28:28
    66%

    28“Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

  • Acts 26:29
    66%

    29Paul replied,“I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”

  • Rom 10:19
    66%

    19But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says,“I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”