Romans 3:1
What advantage then hath the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
In Context
2Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.
Cross References
Genesis 25:32He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me.
Ecclesiastes 6:11There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
Malachi 3:14And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?
1 Corinthians 15:32If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow 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 →