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What Does Romans 9:2 Mean?

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

Context

1

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

2

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

3

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: accursed: or, separated

4

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; covenants: or, testaments

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**6-8. David also describeth--**"speaketh," "pronounceth." **the blessedness of the man unto whom the Lord imputeth righteousness without works--**whom, though void of all good works, He, nevertheless, regards and treats as righteous.

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

Historical Context

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Theological Significance

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