Romans 3:1
What advantage then has the Jew, or what profit has circumcision?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
In Context
2Much in every respect; but chiefly that the oracles of God were intrusted to them.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:32If, to speak as a man, I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
Matthew Henry on Romans 3:1
The apostle, in this chapter, carries on his discourse concerning justification. He had already proved the guilt both of Gentiles and Jews. Now in this chapter, I. He answers some objections that might be made against what he had said about the Jews, ver. 1-8 . II. He asserts the guilt and corruption of mankind in common, both Jews and Gentiles, ver. 9-18 . III. He argues thence that justification must needs be by faith, and not by the law, which he gives several reasons for ( ver. 19 to the end ). The many… Read the whole commentary →