I tell the truth in Christ.
I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit 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 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises; of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever.
Amen.