Quote Originally Posted by Billyray View Post
Correct. So despite the fact that you said Romans 9 had nothing to do with salvation here we see right out of the gate Paul mentions salvation, not only his salvation but his desire for the salvation of his fellow Jews.

BK Commentary
". . .Paul affirmed his deep anguish of heart over the rejection of the gospel by the vast majority of Jews. His desire for their salvation was so strong that he was at the point of wishing (imperf. tense, I could wish) that he were cursed and cut off from Christ for his kinsmen, the Israelites. . ."
I shouldn't have made my remark so general. I was speaking, specifically, about the Esau/Jacob part.

Are you ***uming that, just because the first part speaks of salvation, that the whole chapter is about salvation?