3 occurrences

'Wish' in the Bible

For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].

Verse ConceptsThe Sin NatureTemptation, Universality OfHating EvilNot Understanding Other ThingsstruggleHateLife StrugglesDoing The Right ThingStrugglespracticemyself

For [if it were possible] I would wish that I myself were accursed, [separated, banished] from Christ for the sake [of the salvation] of my brothers, my natural kinsmen,

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedFlesh, Description OfLove, And The WorldSubstitutionSoul WinnersSeparation From GodGod CursingIsrael HardenedLife In A Material WorldRaceExamples Of Patriotismmyself

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