Romans 15:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

I say

Jesus

Galatians 4:4

For the

Romans 3:3

Luke 1:54

2 Corinthians 1:20

Truth

1 Peter 2:9

General references

Acts 15:15

Bible References

I say

I say, at this present time; that he himself might be just, and yet the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ."

What then shall we say? that an offering to an idol is anything? or that an idol is really anything?

I tell you this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

Jesus

For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;

In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.

"You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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

For the

Supposing some of them have proved faithless?

"He has helped Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

For however many are the promises of God, in him they are "Yes." Therefore also through him let the Amen be said by our voices to the glory of God.

Truth

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?

Fix your gaze, therefore, on the goodness and the severity of God; towards those who fell, severity, but towards you, God's goodness, if you continue stedfast in his goodness; otherwise you, too, will be cut off.

"I have other sheep also, which do not belong to this fold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

were once upon a time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the Promise, without hope and without God in the world.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles??2 for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light??10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.

General references

"And this is in harmony with the language of the prophets, which says.