Romans 15:8

New Century Version

I tell you that Christ became a servant of the Jews to show that God’s promises to the Jewish ancestors are true.

Cross References

Proverbs 8:7

What I say is true, I refuse to speak evil.

Micah 7:20

You will be true to the people of Jacob, and you will be kind to the people of Abraham as you promised to our ancestors long ago.

Matthew 15:24

Jesus answered, “God sent me only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.”

Matthew 20:28

In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

John 1:11

He came to the world that was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

John 10:16

I have other sheep that are not in this flock, and I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

Acts 13:46

But Paul and Barnabas spoke very boldly, saying, “We must speak the message of God to you first. But you refuse to listen. You are judging yourselves not worthy of having eternal life! So we will now go to the people of other nations.

Romans 11:22

So you see that God is kind and also very strict. He punishes those who stop following him. But God is kind to you, if you continue following in his kindness. If you do not, you will be cut off from the tree.

Romans 11:30

At one time you refused to obey God. But now you have received mercy, because those people refused to obey.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to those who are not Jews. I served God by teaching his Good News, so that the non-Jewish people could be an offering that God would accept—an offering made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 3:26

And God gave Jesus to show today that he does what is right. God did this so he could judge rightly and so he could make right any person who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:3

If some Jews were not faithful to him, will that stop God from doing what he promised?

Romans 4:16

So people receive God’s promise by having faith. This happens so the promise can be a free gift. Then all of Abraham’s children can have that promise. It is not only for those who live under the law of Moses but for anyone who lives with faith like that of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

1 Corinthians 1:12

This is what I mean: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another says, “I follow Apollos”; another says, “I follow Peter”; and another says, “I follow Christ.”

1 Corinthians 10:19

I do not mean that the food sacrificed to an idol is important. I do not mean that an idol is anything at all.

1 Corinthians 10:29

I don’t mean you think it is wrong, but the other person might. But why, you ask, should my freedom be judged by someone else’s conscience?

1 Corinthians 15:50

I tell you this, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot have a part in the kingdom of God. Something that will ruin cannot have a part in something that never ruins.

2 Corinthians 1:20

The yes to all of God’s promises is in Christ, and through Christ we say yes to the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel, and you had no part in the agreements with the promise that God made to his people. You had no hope, and you did not know God.