Romans 3:1
So does a Jew have any advantage? Does circumcision have any benefits?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
In Context
2Yes, there are many benefits! First of all, God's message was entrusted to them.
Cross References
Genesis 25:32“Look! I'm dying here! What use are the rights of the firstborn to me?” Esau declared.
Ecclesiastes 6:11For the more words you use, the harder it is to make sense. So what's the point?
Malachi 3:14You have said, “What's the point of serving God? What benefit is there in keeping his commandments or going before the Lord Almighty with long faces?
1 Corinthians 15:32Humanly speaking, what would I gain by fighting with those people in Ephesus who were like wild animals, if the dead are not raised? If the dead are not raised, “let's eat and drink, for tomorrow 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 →