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Rom 15:8 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I say		Rom 3:26; 1Cr 1:12; 1Cr 10:19,29; 1Cr 15:50
Jesus		Rom 9:4,5; Mat 15:24; Mat 20:28; Jhn 1:11; Act 3:25,26; Act 13:46; Gal 4:4,5
for the		Rom 3:3; Psa 98:2,3; Mic 7:20; Luk 1:54-56,70-73; 2Cr 1:20
truth		Rom 15:16; Rom 9:23,24; Rom 11:22,30; Isa 24:15,16; Jhn 10:16; Eph 2:12-22; Eph 3:1-8; 1Pe 2:9,10

Correlating Passages

I say

	Rom 3:26	To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
	1Cr 1:12	Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
	1Cr 10:19	What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
	1Cr 10:29	Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?
	1Cr 15:50	Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Jesus

	Rom 9:4	Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
	Rom 9:5	Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
	Mat 15:24	But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
	Mat 20:28	Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
	Jhn 1:11	He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
	Act 3:25	Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
	Act 3:26	Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
	Act 13:46	Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
	Gal 4:4	But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
	Gal 4:5	To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

for the

	Rom 3:3	For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
	Psa 98:2	The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
	Psa 98:3	He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
	Mic 7:20	Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
	Luk 1:54	He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his] mercy;
	Luk 1:55	As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
	Luk 1:56	And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
	Luk 1:70	As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
	Luk 1:71	That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
	Luk 1:72	To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
	Luk 1:73	The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
	2Cr 1:20	For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

truth

	Rom 15:16	That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
	Rom 9:23	And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
	Rom 9:24	Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
	Rom 11:22	Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
	Rom 11:30	For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
	Isa 24:15	Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
	Isa 24:16	From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
	Jhn 10:16	And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
	Eph 2:12	That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
	Eph 2:13	But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
	Eph 2:14	For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];
	Eph 2:15	Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace;
	Eph 2:16	And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
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	Eph 3:1	For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
	Eph 3:2	If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
	Eph 3:3	How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
	Eph 3:4	Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
	Eph 3:5	Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
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	1Pe 2:9	But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
	1Pe 2:10	Which in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

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