Romans 3:2
Yes, there are many benefits! First of all, God's message was entrusted to them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
In Context
1So does a Jew have any advantage? Does circumcision have any benefits?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:7What nation is as great as us, having a god so close to them as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call on him?
Psalms 78:4We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.
Psalms 147:19He proclaims his word to Jacob; his rules and laws to Israel.
Ezekiel 20:11There I gave them my laws and explained to them my regulations so that those who kept them would live.
Luke 16:29But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. They should listen to them.’
Acts 7:38Moses was with God's assembled people in the desert when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and there with our forefathers he received God's living word to give to us.
Matthew Henry on Romans 3:2-19
The Advantages of the Jews; Objections Answered; The Depravity of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art… Read the whole commentary →