Romans 9:4 · KJV
“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}”
— Romans 9:4
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: {accursed: or, separated}
Whose {are} the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ {came}, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Romans 9 — Context
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: {accursed: or, separated}
4Who 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}
5Whose {are} the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ {came}, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they {are} not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Cross References
Ephesians 2:12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Psalms 147:19
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. {his word: Heb. his words}
Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Romans 9:6
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they {are} not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Acts 2:39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, {even} as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou {art} an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that {are} upon the face of the earth.
Exodus 4:22
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel {is} my son, {even} my firstborn:
Hebrews 9:1
Then verily the first {covenant} had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. {ordinances: or, ceremonies}