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Romans 15 quotes the Greek Septuagint translation of Psalm 116, which invites all nations to praise God for his faithfulness to Israel. Paul uses it to show that God’s plan now includes Gentiles, urging Jewish and Gentile believers to accept one another.
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1000+ CE
LXX Psalms 116:1
Septuagint
1 Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, all you nations: praise him, all you peoples. 2 For his mercy has been abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.
Date: 100–1 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
Romans 15:11
New Testament
8 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 fathers, 9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.” 10 And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.” 11 And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.” 12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Date: 55–58 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Psalm 98:2 says that God has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. Jew and Gentile will be brought together as one people worshipping one God. Other Psalms which anticipate all the nations being included among the people of God are Psalm 100, where all the earth is called on to worship Yahweh, and all the earth is included among the sheep of his pasture. Paul quotes Psalm 117:1: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him” in Romans 15:11 in his final appeal to the Romans to accept one another ..."
Iain Gibb, “Paul and the Psalms: Paul's Hermeneutic and Worldview” (MTh(R) diss., University of Glasgow, 2017), 172.
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