“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, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”” -Romans 15:8–9
Following the benediction and charge, Paul further affirms by explanation and and scriptural witness that Christ became a servant to both Jew and Gentile alike.
First, Christ became a servant to the Jews to fulfill the promises God made to the Jews by way of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And his ministry to the Jews was in fact a witness to the Gentiles that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is faithful, moreover merciful.
To support his proposition, he then quotes from Psalm 18: “For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing to your name.” -Psalm 18:49
The Greek work for Gentiles in Paul’s letter is ἔθνεσι (ethnesi) from which we get our English word, ethnicity. The Hebrew word for Nations in Psalm 18:49 is גּוֹיִ֥ם׀ (Goyim) translated ἔθνεσι in the LXX, the translation of Old Testament Paul would have been using.
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