Romans 3:1
So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
In Context
2Much in every way: First of all, certainly, because the eloquence of God was entrusted to them.
Cross References
Genesis 25:32He answered, “Lo, I am dying, what will the right of the firstborn provide for me?”
Ecclesiastes 6:11There are many words, and many of these, in disputes, hold much emptiness.
Malachi 3:14And you have said, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “He labors in vain who serves God,” and, “What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?”
1 Corinthians 15:32If, according to man, I fought with the beasts at Ephesus, how would that benefit me, if the dead do not rise again? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall 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 →