Romans 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 3:1

God’s Judgment Defended

1 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?

2 Much in every way! Chiefly because ^ato them were committed the oracles of God.

3 For what if ^asome did not believe? ^bWill their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?

4 ^aCertainly not! Indeed, let ^bGod be true but ^cevery man a liar. As it is written:
^d“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”

5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? ^a(I speak as a man.)

6 Certainly not! For then ^ahow will God judge the world?

7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

8 And why not say, ^a“Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their¹ condemnation is just.

All Have Sinned

9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that ^athey are all under sin.

10 As it is written:
^a“There is none righteous, no, not one;

Verse Comparison: Romans 3:1

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

Amplified® Bible
THEN WHAT advantage remains to the Jew? [How is he favored?] Or what is the value {or} benefit of circumcision?

Contemporary English Version
What good is it to be a Jew? What good is it to be circumcised?

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

Good News Bible
Do the Jews then have any advantage over the Gentiles? Or is there any value in being circumcised?

International Standard Version
What advantage, then, does the Jew have, or what value is there in circumcision?

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

New American Standard Bible
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

New International Version
What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?

New King James Version
What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what benefit does circumcision have?

Young's Literal Translation
What, then, `is' the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision?

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God’s Judgment Defended

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