Romans 3:1
What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
- KJV
- What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
- WEB
- Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?
- ASV
- What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?
- DARBY
- What then [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?
- BLB
- What then [is] the superiority of the Jew? Or what [is] the profit of the circumcision?
- ÅB
- Hvilket fortrinn har da jøden? Eller hvilket gagn er det i omskjærelsen?
- OTB
- Hvilken fordel har da jøden? Eller hva er nytten av omskjærelsen?
- B1930
- Hvad fortrin har da jøden? eller hvad gagn er det i omskjærelsen?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 2:25–29
Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Read in contextGenesis 25:32
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 6:8
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 6:11
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
Read in contextHebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:11–15
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:32
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Read in contextMalachi 3:14
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
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