Romans 15:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the ancestors

Cross References

Proverbs 8:7

for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Micah 7:20

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old.

Matthew 15:24

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

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”

John 1:11

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

John 10:16

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Acts 13:46

Then both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the gentiles.

Romans 11:22

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

Romans 11:30

Just as you were once disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 3:26

it was to demonstrate at the present time his own righteousness, so that he is righteous and he justifies the one who has the faith of Jesus.

Romans 3:3

What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

Romans 4:16

For this reason the promise depends on faith, in order that it may rest on grace, so that it may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (who is the father of all of us,

1 Corinthians 1:12

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

1 Corinthians 10:19

What do I imply, then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything or that an idol is anything?

1 Corinthians 10:29

I mean the other’s conscience, not your own. For why should my freedom be subject to the judgment of someone else’s conscience?

1 Corinthians 15:50

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

2 Corinthians 1:20

For in him every one of God’s promises is a “Yes.” For this reason it is through him that we say the “Amen,” to the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.