Romans 15:8
Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
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7Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
Matthew 15:24But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Luke 1:54He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
John 1:11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
Acts 3:25You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’
Romans 3:3For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify 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 →