Romans 15:8
And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),
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7Therefore receive ye each other, just as Christ also received you for the glory of God.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify ye LORD in the east, even the name of LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
Matthew 15:24But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 1:54He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy,
John 1:11He came to his own, and his own did not accept him.
Acts 3:25Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed.
Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the assurance of God ineffective?
Matthew Henry on Romans 15:8-13
Christian Unity. ( a. d. 58.) 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. 10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and… Read the whole commentary →