Devine Scripture

Romans 15:8

Romans chapter 15 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,

Context

v.7Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

v.8This passage

v.9and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 1:54

    He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy

  • Acts 3:25

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

  • Ephesians 2:12

    that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

  • Romans 11:30

    For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

  • Matthew 15:24

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

  • 1 Corinthians 10:29

    conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other’s; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?