Romans 9:3
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
σάρξ
the] flesh;
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σάρξ
Flesh, body, human nature. Sarx. The Word became flesh. God took on human nature completely. He knows from the inside what it means to be human. He is not a distant deity.
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εὔχομαι
was wishing
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εὔχομαι
To pray, to wish, to vow. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly and the rain stopped. Prayer moves heaven.
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συγγενής
kinsmen
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συγγενής
a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman
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εἶναι
to be
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εἶναι
to exist
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