Romans 15:8 meaning and explanation

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

Romans 15:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is writing to the believers in Rome, a church of Jewish and Gentile Christians, and here he grounds his call to mutual acceptance in the example of Christ. Christ became a servant of the circumcised, that is, of the Jewish people, so that God's promises to the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, would be shown to be true and reliable.

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