Romans 15:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

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  • Matt 15:24 : 24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
  • 2 Cor 1:20 : 20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.
  • John 1:11 : 11 He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
  • Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth. 26 To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.
  • Rom 11:22 : 22 See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.
  • Rom 11:30 : 30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
  • John 10:16 : 16 And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
  • Eph 2:12-3:8 : 12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, 15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; 16 And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; 18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God, 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, 21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; 22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit. 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles, 2 If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you, 3 How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter, 4 By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ; 5 Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 6 Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, 7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven. 10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
  • Rom 9:4-5 : 4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God: 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
  • Rom 9:23-24 : 23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory, 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
  • Ps 98:2-3 : 2 The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. 3 He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Isa 24:15-16 : 15 Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands. 16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
  • Luke 1:54-56 : 54 His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever, 55 As he gave his word to our fathers. 56 And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.
  • Luke 1:70-73 : 70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,) 71 Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us; 72 To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word, 73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.
  • 1 Cor 10:19 : 19 Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
  • Rom 3:26 : 26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • 1 Cor 10:29 : 29 Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.
  • 1 Cor 15:50 : 50 Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

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  • Rom 15:9
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    9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

  • Gal 2:7-9
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    7 But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

    8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

    9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

  • Rom 9:4-5
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    4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

    5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

  • Rom 15:16-18
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    16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

    18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

  • Acts 13:32
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    32 And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,

  • Rom 15:7
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    7 So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

    15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

    16 Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

    17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

    18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

  • Col 1:25
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    25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

  • Gal 3:8
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    8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

  • Rom 1:2
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    2 Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

  • Acts 7:8
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    8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

  • Rom 4:16
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    16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Acts 16:3
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    3 Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

  • Rom 4:11-12
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    11 And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

    12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

  • Rom 3:29-30
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    29 Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:

    30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.

  • Gal 5:3
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    3 Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

  • Rom 2:28-29
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    28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

    29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

  • Acts 3:25
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    25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

  • Rom 14:18
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    18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

  • Eph 3:6
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    6 Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

  • Rom 11:13
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    13 But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

  • Heb 9:15
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    15 And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

  • Gal 3:22
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    22 However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

  • Acts 15:15
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    15 And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,

  • Rom 1:5
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    5 Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:

  • 2 Cor 1:20
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    20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

  • Phil 3:3
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    3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

  • Mic 7:20
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    20 You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.

  • Rom 11:1
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    1 So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
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    17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

  • Gal 2:15
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    15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

  • Rom 4:9
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    9 Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.