Romans 15:8

New American Bible - revised edition

For I say that Christ became a minister of the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, to confirm the promises to the patriarchs,

Cross References

Proverbs 8:7

Indeed, my mouth utters truth, and my lips abhor wickedness.

Micah 7:20

You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loyalty to Abraham, As you have sworn to our ancestors from days of old.

Matthew 15:24

He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 20:28

Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Healing of Two Blind Men.

John 1:11

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

John 10:16

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Acts 13:46

Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first, but since you reject it and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Romans 11:22

See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God’s kindness to you, provided you remain in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.

Romans 11:30

Just as you once disobeyed God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.

Romans 3:26

through the forbearance of God—to prove his righteousness in the present time, that he might be righteous and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:3

What if some were unfaithful? Will their infidelity nullify the fidelity of God?

Romans 4:16

For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us,

1 Corinthians 1:12

I mean that each of you is saying, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

1 Corinthians 10:19

So what am I saying? That meat sacrificed to idols is anything? Or that an idol is anything?

1 Corinthians 10:29

I mean not your own conscience, but the other’s. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

1 Corinthians 15:50

This I declare, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him; therefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory.

Ephesians 2:12

were at that time without Christ, alienated from the community of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.