Romans 15:8 Cross References

Romans 15:8

8: Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

Matthew 15:24

  1. Then he said to the woman, "I was sent only to help the people of Israel--God's lost sheep--not the Gentiles."

John 1:11

  1. Even in his own land and among his own people, he was not accepted.

Acts 3:25

  1. You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.'
  2. When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways."

Galatians 4:4

  1. But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
  2. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.

2 Corinthians 1:20

  1. For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in him. That is why we say "Amen" when we give glory to God through Christ.

John 10:16

  1. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; and there will be one flock with one shepherd.

Romans 11:30

  1. Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the Jews refused his mercy, God was merciful to you instead.

Ephesians 2:12

  1. In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
  2. But now you belong to Christ Jesus. Though you once were far away from God, now you have been brought near to him because of the blood of Christ.
  3. For Christ himself has made peace between us Jews and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us.
  4. By his death he ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new person from the two groups.
  5. Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.

Micah 7:20

  1. You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised with an oath to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.

Romans 15:16

  1. a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles. I bring you the Good News and offer you up as a fragrant sacrifice to God so that you might be pure and pleasing to him by the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 2:9

  1. But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are a kingdom of priests, God's holy nation, his very own possession. This is so you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
  2. "Once you were not a people; now you are the people of God. Once you received none of God's mercy; now you have received his mercy."

Psalms 98:2

  1. The LORD has announced his victory and has revealed his righteousness to every nation!
  2. He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel. The whole earth has seen the salvation of our God.

Romans 11:22

  1. Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe to those who disobeyed, but kind to you as you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off.

Luke 1:54

  1. And how he has helped his servant Israel! He has not forgotten his promise to be merciful.
  2. For he promised our ancestors--Abraham and his children--to be merciful to them forever."
  3. Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back to her own home.

Romans 9:23

  1. He also has the right to pour out the riches of his glory upon those he prepared to be the objects of his mercy--
  2. even upon us, whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.

Romans 3:3

  1. True, some of them were unfaithful; but just because they broke their promises, does that mean God will break his promises?

Acts 13:46

  1. Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that this Good News from God be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life--well, we will offer it to Gentiles.

Isaiah 24:15

  1. In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the coastlands of the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  2. Listen to them as they sing to the LORD from the ends of the earth. Hear them singing praises to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. I am discouraged, for evil still prevails, and treachery is everywhere.

Romans 9:4

  1. They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God's special children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave his law to them. They have the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
  2. Their ancestors were great people of God, and Christ himself was a Jew as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

Romans 4:16

  1. So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.

Luke 1:70

  1. just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.
  2. Now we will be saved from our enemies and from all who hate us.
  3. He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant with them,
  4. the covenant he gave to our ancestor Abraham.

Romans 3:26

  1. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 10:19

  1. What am I trying to say? Am I saying that the idols to whom the pagans bring sacrifices are real gods and that these sacrifices are of some value?

1 Corinthians 15:50

  1. What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These perishable bodies of ours are not able to live forever.

1 Corinthians 1:12

  1. Some of you are saying, "I am a follower of Paul." Others are saying, "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Peter, "or "I follow only Christ."

Matthew 20:28

  1. For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many."

1 Corinthians 10:29

  1. It might not be a matter of conscience for you, but it is for the other person. Now, why should my freedom be limited by what someone else thinks?
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