Lamsa(i)
1 I TELL the truth through Christ, and I do not lie, my conscience also bears me witness through the Holy Spirit,
2 That I am exceedingly sorrowful, and the pain which is in my heart never ceases.
3 For I have prayed that I myself might be accursed because of Christ for the sake of my brethren and my kinsmen according to the flesh,
4 Who are Israelites; to whom belongs the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants and the law, and the rituals therein, and the promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, from among whom Christ appeared in the flesh, who is God over all, to whom are due praises and thanksgiving, for ever and ever. Amen.
6 It is not as though the word of God had actually failed. For all those who belong to Israel are not Israelites:
7 Neither, because they are of the seed of Abraham are they all his children: for it was said, In Isaac shall your seed be called.
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; but the children of the promise who are reckoned as descendants.
9 For this is the word of promise, I will come at this season, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only this; but Rebecca also, even though she had relations with one only, our father Isaac;
11 Before her children were born, or had done good or evil, the choice of God was made known in advance; that it might stand, not by means of works, but through him who made the choice.