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I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
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that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
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For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,
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who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
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of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
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But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,
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nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called."
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That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
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For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son."