Rom 15:8-9, 16, Gal 4:26-27, Eph 2:12-14, 3:6 | ESV | STEP | For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness , in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs ,

iCited from Isa. 54:1

j 1 Cor. 12:2; [ch. 5:8; Col. 3:7]

k ch. 4:18; Col. 1:21; [Ezek. 14:5; Gal. 2:15; 4:8]

lSee Rom. 9:4

m 1 Thess. 4:13; See ch. 1:18

n ver. 17; Acts 2:39

o[Col. 1:20]; See Rom. 3:25

p Ps. 72:7; Mic. 5:5; Zech. 9:10; [Col. 3:15]; See Luke 2:14

qSee Gal. 3:28

r Col. 1:21, 22; [Rom. 7:4]

tSee Gal. 3:29

u ch. 2:16

v ch. 5:7

Romans 15:8-9

Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles

8 For I tell you that Christ ^abecame a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order ^bto confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9 and in order ^cthat the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

^d“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
and sing to your name.”

Romans 15:16

16 to be ^ea minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles ^fin the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that ^gthe offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 4:26-27

26 But ^hthe Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written,

ⁱ“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”

Ephesians 2:12-14

12 remember ^jthat you were at that time separated from Christ, ^kalienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^lthe covenants of promise, ^mhaving no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ⁿfar off have been brought near ^oby the blood of Christ. 14 For ^phe himself is our peace, ^qwho has made us both one and has broken down ^rin his flesh the dividing wall of hostility

Ephesians 3:6

6 This mystery is ^{▼▼The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4} that the Gentiles are ^tfellow heirs, ^umembers of the same body, and ^vpartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.