Romans 3:1 “What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of c…”

Romans 3:1

What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

World English Bible

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

American Standard Version

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?

Geneva Bible 1599

What is then the preferment of the Iewe? or what is the profite of circumcision?

Darby Translation

What then [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?

Young's Literal Translation

What, then, [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision?

Bible in Basic English

How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?

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Cross references

“advantage”

Romans 2:25–29 Genesis 25:32 Ecclesiastes 6:8 Ecclesiastes 6:11 Hebrews 13:9 Isaiah 1:11–15

Romans 2:25–29 · BSB

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Genesis 25:32 · BSB

“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

Ecclesiastes 6:8 · BSB

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?

Ecclesiastes 6:11 · BSB

For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

Hebrews 13:9 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 1:11–15 · BSB

“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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

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