Israel’s Rejection and God’s Purpose ( M)Ħ ( N)But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. 3 For ( C)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites, ( D)to whom pertain the adoption, ( E)the glory, ( F)the covenants, ( G)the giving of the law, ( H)the service of God, and ( I)the promises 5 ( J)of whom are the fathers and from ( K)whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, ( L)who is over all, the eternally blessed God. 9 I ( A)tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2 ( B)that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.