Romans 15:8
For I say that Christ became a minister to the circumcised for the sake of God's truth, in order to make sure the promises given to the fathers;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ received you to the glory of God.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:15Wherefore praise ye Jehovah in the East, The name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea!
Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 1:54He hath given help to Israel his servant, in remembrance of his mercy
John 1:11He came to his own, and his own received him not.
Acts 3:25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, “And in thy posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”
Romans 3:3For what? If some were unfaithful, shall their unfaithfulness make God unfaithful?
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 →