Romans 3:1
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
King James Version
In Context
2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Cross References
Genesis 25:32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Ecclesiastes 6:11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it 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 →