1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Ghost,
2. that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3. For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4. who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5. whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.