Romans 15:8
For I say that Jesus Christ has been made a minister of the circumcision, for the sake of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises made to the fathers;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
Cross References
Matthew 15:24But he answering said: I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 1:54He helped Israel, his servant; to remember mercy,
John 1:11He came to his own, and his own received him not.
Acts 3:25Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make void the faithfulness of God?
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 →