King James Version
Romans 9:1 in the King James Version says “I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,” — study this verse from Romans chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,”
Romans 9:1 · KJV
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: accursed: or, separated
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“I say”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“also bearing”
G4828to testify jointly, i.e., corroborate by (concurrent) evidence
“Ghost”
G4151a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin
“the Holy”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
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