Romans 15:8
For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
7Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:15Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 1:54He hath holpen Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
John 1:11He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.
Acts 3:25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Romans 3:3For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect 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 →