"Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises {made} unto…" — Romans 15:8

Romans 15:8 · KJV

“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:”

— Romans 15:8

Verse 7

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Verse 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.

Romans 15 — Context

That ye may with one mind {and} one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

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:

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.

And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

Cross References

Galatians 4:4-5

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Matthew 15:24

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

John 1:11

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For all the promises of God in him {are} yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Acts 3:25-26

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

John 10:16

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, {and} one shepherd.

Romans 3:3

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

Romans 15:16

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. {offering up: or, sacrificing}