Romans 3:1
What then is the excellence of the Jihudoya, and what the profit of circumcision?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
In Context
2Much in every thing: primarily that they had intrusted (to them) the words of Aloha.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:32If as among men I have been thrown to beasts at Ephesus, what have I profited if the dead do not arise? 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 →