Rom 9:1 | JFB | STEP | 1, 2. I say the truth in Christ —as if steeped in the spirit of Him who wept over impenitent and doomed Jerusalem (compare ). my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost —"my conscience as quickened, illuminated, and even now under the direct operation of the Holy Ghost."

Romans 9:1

1, 2. I say the truth in Christ—as if steeped in the spirit of Him who wept over impenitent and doomed Jerusalem (compare Ro 1:9; 2Co 12:19; Php 1:8).

my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost—"my conscience as quickened, illuminated, and even now under the direct operation of the Holy Ghost."