Romans 15:8 : For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers. The fathers were Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the promises are found in Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 22:15-18; Genesis 26:3-4; Genesis 28:13-14. The part of these promises that referred particularly to Christ is this: "In thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed." Paul makes this clear in Galatians 3:16 : "Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." In view of the scope of these passages, it seems to me that a number of commentators miss the point Paul had in mind when he said that Christ was a minister of circumcision for the truth of God (that is, that the truth of God might be established). Most commentators, it seems, take the meaning to be, that Christ's personal ministry was confined to the Jews, the circumcision; but I cannot see how confining his personal ministry to the Jews would confirm the promise that all nations would be blessed in him. Just how a ministry confined to one nation would confirm a promise to all nations is more than I can see. May not the phrase "a minister of the circumcision" indicate the source rather than object? We know that Jesus did come of the circumcision, and that he had to come of the circumcision in order to fulfill the promise made to the fathers. "For the truth of God" equals "on behalf of the truth of God," or, "in favor of the truth of God."