Romans 9:1. say the truth in Christ,. lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

'I say the truth in Christ' -'I am telling the truth' (NASV). 'Paul really takes. triple oath here so strongly is he stirred. He makes. positive affirmation in Christ,. negative one (not lying), the appeal to his conscience as "co-witness". (Robertson p. 380) (2 Corinthians 11:31; Galatians 1:20)

'in the Holy Spirit' -a conscience not left to itself; but informed and enlightened by the Spirit of God. (Alford p. 918)"Paul insists that he is. lover of his people. He must not be thought. renegade whose dissatisfaction with his heritage had driven him to defamation of his people. He lives with the pain of watching his people, in bulk, wander outside of their Messiah when they could so easily be enjoying what God had promised them."

Being the Apostle to the Gentiles (Galatians 2:7), caused many of Jewish background to view Paul as. traitor to his people. (Acts 22:22)

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