The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 11

[us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our]
[Lord. I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not,] Romans 9:1
my [conscience] bearing witness [with me in the Holy]
Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing [pain in]
my heart. For I could wish that I myself were Romans 9:2-3
accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen
according to the flesh,

3 lines lost. [ages, Amen. But it is not as though the word] Romans 9:5-6 of God had failed. For [they are not all Israel who are of] Israel, neither because [they are] Abraham’s seed are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, [it is not] the children of the flesh [that are children of God; but the children of the promise] are [reckoned for a seed. For this is the word of promise,] [At this season I will come, and] [shall be]