Roma 9:2-3

9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. ¹  9:3 For I could wish ²  that I myself were accursed – cut off from Christ – for the sake of my people, ³  my fellow countrymen, ⁴ 

Roma 10:1

10:1 Brothers and sisters, ⁵  my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites ⁶  is for their salvation.

[9:2]  ¹ tn Grk “my sorrow is great and the anguish in my heart is unceasing.”

[9:3]  ² tn Or “For I would pray.” The implied condition is “if this could save my fellow Jews.”

[9:3]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[9:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “my kinsmen according to the flesh.”

[10:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “on behalf of them”; the referent (Paul’s fellow Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.