Discard Your Prejudices
Rom 15:7-12 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, as it is written:
"Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to your name." (Ps 18:49)
Again, it says, "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people." (Deut 32:43)
And again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and sing praises to him, all you peoples." (Ps 117:11)
And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him." (Isaiah 11:10)
As I mentioned in previous chapters, the primary division at the time was the a division between Jewish and Gentile Christians, the unity of which is a major theme throughout Paul's letters. Here Paul quotes abundantly from the Old Testament to impress this truth upon Jewish Christians that this concept has always been God's intention.
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Rom 15:7-12 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, as it is written:
"Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to your name." (Ps 18:49)
Again, it says, "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people." (Deut 32:43)
And again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and sing praises to him, all you peoples." (Ps 117:11)
And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him." (Isaiah 11:10)
As I mentioned in previous chapters, the primary division at the time was the a division between Jewish and Gentile Christians, the unity of which is a major theme throughout Paul's letters. Here Paul quotes abundantly from the Old Testament to impress this truth upon Jewish Christians that this concept has always been God's intention.
The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources