Romans 9:2 ASV

¹  I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

²  that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

³  For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

⁴  who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service 'of God', and the promises;