45:009:002 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
45:009:003 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
45:009:004 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
45:009:005 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
45:009:006 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
45:009:007 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
45:009:008 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
45:009:009 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
45:009:010 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
45:009:011 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)