Romans 9:1-3 I tell the truth in Messiah – I do not lie, my conscience assuring me in the Ruach ha-Kodesh – that my sorrow is great and the anguish in my heart unending. For I would pray that I myself were cursed, banished from Messiah for the sake of my people – my own flesh and blood.
Paul has just finished a great call (3 chapters long) to live in victory without sin. Romans 6:2b How can we who died to sin still live in it? His next first thought (and all of the next 3 chapters) is for the salvation of Jewish people. Paul knows this is the necessary next step for worldwide revival and Yeshua’s return. Romans 11:15b what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
He even says here that he would give up his own salvation for the salvation of Jewish people. Can we honestly say the same? Read on here