1. I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
2. that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,
4. who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
5. of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.