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CHAPTER III.
_The apostle points out the peculiar privileges of the Jews_,
1-8.
_But shows that they, also, as well as the Gentiles, had sinned_,
_and forfeited all right and title to God's especi...
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WHAT ADVANTAGE ... - The design of the first part of this chapter is
to answer some of the objections which might be offered by a Jew to
the statements in the last chapter. The first objection is stat...
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CHAPTER 3:1-20
_ 1. Objections and Their Answers. (Romans 3:1 .)_
2. The Whole World Under Sin. (Romans 3:9 .)
Romans 3:1
A number of objections are next raised and answered. “What advantage
then h...
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JEWISH PROTESTS SILENCED.
Romans 3:1. What then, it is asked, is the advantage of being a Jew,
etc.?
Romans 3:2. Much, Paul replies, in every way: to begin with, they were
entrusted with the oracles...
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What, then, is the something plus which belongs to a Jew? Or what
special advantage belongs to those who have been circumcised? Much in
every way. In the first place, there is this advantage--that the...
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WHAT, &C.. What then is the advantage of the Jew, or what is the, &c.
PROFIT. Greek. _opheleia._ Only here and Jude 1:16....
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Romans 3:1-2. The advantage of the Jew: Revelation
1. _What advantage_ Lit. WHAT EXCESS, i. e. of privilege.
St Paul here corrects, though only in passing, the possible inference
from the previous p...
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ΤῸ ΠΕΡΙΣΣῸΝ = excess, good or bad. Matthew 5:37; cf. 1
Corinthians 8:8; 2 Corinthians 3:9. Here = advantage or relative gain....
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ΠΕΡΙΣΣΌΣ (G4063) чрезмерный; здесь·.
преимущество, нечто превосходящее, по
качеству и количеству (SH).
ΏΦΈΛΕΙΑ (G5622) выгода, польза. Об
использовании риторических вопросов
для ясности изложения _см...
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DISCOURSE: 1828
CHRISTIANS’ ADVANTAGES ABOVE HEATHENS
Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way_.
IT is not easy to form a just estimate o...
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_ROMANS 3:1_.— The Apostle, in the latter end of the foregoing
chapter, has carried his argument to the utmost length. What remains
is, to keep the Jew in temper, to fix his convictions, and to draw t...
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_TEXT_
Romans 3:1-9 a. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the
profit of circumcision? Romans 3:2 Much every way: first of all, that
they were intrusted with the oracles of God. Romans 3:3 F...
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What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of
circumcision?
WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW? OR WHAT PROFIT IS THERE OF
CIRCUMCISION? 'If the final judgment will turn solely on the...
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_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_
16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and
oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But
in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
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THE NEW WAY OF ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD
In Romans 1:2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned
wilfully, and are under God's condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish
objections against the...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
SOME *JEWISH PROTESTS AGAINST PAUL’S THOUGHTS 3:1-8
V1 Someone might ask whether the *Jews received any real advantag...
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III.
(1-8) Continuing the subject, but with a long digression in Romans 3:3
_et seq._ The Apostle asks, What is the real value of these apparent
advantages? He is about to answer the question fully,...
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CHAPTER 8
JEWISH CLAIMS: NO HOPE IN HUMAN MERIT
Romans 3:1
As the Apostle dictates, there rises before his mind a figure often
seen by his eyes, the Rabbinic disputant. Keen, subtle, unscrupulous,...
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f. τὸ περισσὸν τοῦ Ἰουδαίου is that which the
Jew has “over and above” the Gentile. τίς ἡ ὠφέλεια
τῆς περιτομῆς; = “What good does his circumcision do
him?” πολὺ goes with τὸ περισσόν. κατὰ
πάντα τρόπ...
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GOD FAITHFUL THOUGH MEN BE FAITHLESS
Romans 3:1
The Jewish people had a great treasure entrusted to them for the
benefit of the whole world. This position as stewards for mankind
conferred upon them...
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Paul here turned to a brief discussion of certain objections. First,
"What advantage, then, hath the Jew?" He replied, "Much, every way."
He then mentioned only one, which he spoke of as being "first...
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What (1) advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of
circumcision?
(1) The first address to the Jews, or the first anticipating of an
objection by the Jews: what then, are the Jews pref...
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_What advantage then? &c. The apostle, not to offend the Jews, by
insisting too long in reprehending them, turns his discourse to the
advantages they have hitherto had above other nations. As first, t...
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“ _What then is the advantage of the Jew? or what is the profit of
circumcision? Much every way: foremost_, _in that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._ ”
It was a thing generally granted t...
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CONTENTS
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit of circumcision? (2)
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the
oracles of God. (3) For what if some did not believe?...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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_OUR DEBT TO THE JEWS_
‘What advantage then hath the Jew?… oracles of God.’
Romans 3:1
I. THE ADVANTAGE HERE NOTICED puts us in mind of our indebtedness to
the Jew, more especially in regard to th...
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1.Though Paul has clearly proved that bare circumcision brought
nothing to the Jews, yet since he could not deny but that there was
some difference between the Gentiles and the Jews, which by that
sym...
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Having established the great truth that God required real moral
goodness, he considers the position of the Jews. Could they not plead
special divine favour? Was there no advantage in Judaism? Surely t...
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WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW?.... If he is not properly a Jew, who
is born of Jewish parents, and brought up in the customs, rites, and
religion of the Jewish nation, but anyone of whatsoever nati...
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What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit _is there_ of
circumcision?
Ver. 1. _What advantage_] Gr. το περισσον, what odds,
singular thing, prerogative?...
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_What advantage then hath the Jew?_ The foregoing reasonings being
contrary to the prejudices of the Jews, one of that nation is here
introduced objecting, If our being the children of Abraham, member...
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In the first part of this chapter the apostle meets various objections
which might naturally arise in the mind of an unbelieving Jew to the
doctrine which he has established in the preceding chapter,...
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WHAT ADVANTAGE, THEN, HATH THE JEW, OR WHAT PROFIT IS THERE OF
CIRCUMCISION?...
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WHAT ADVANTAGE HAS THE JEW?
Since God requires subjection _of heart_ from the Jew, and at the same
time honors a like subjection of heart in the Gentiles, the question
arises, "What advantage then hat...
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ROMANS 3:1-20
1. Was anyone (Jew or Gentile) justified on their own merit?
a. Were Jews or Gentiles saved by their own power?
i. Both are under sin
ii. How bad was their sin?
1. None righteous
2...
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WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW? OR WHAT IS THE PROFIT OF
CIRCUMCISION?
'Advantage' -lit., surplus (Vincent p. 31); lit., what then is the
overplus of the Jew? What does the Jew have over and above...
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1-8 The law could not save in or from sins, yet it gave the Jews
advantages for obtaining salvation. Their stated ordinances, education
in the knowledge of the true God and his service, and many favo...
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ROMANS CHAPTER 3 ROMANS 3:1,2 The Jew's prerogative, ROMANS 3:3,4
which is not vacated by the unbelief of some, ROMANS 3:5 nor is God's
justice impeached in punishing their sinfulness. ROMANS 3:9 The...
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What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of
circumcision? [Paul's argument was well calculated to astonish the
Jews. If some notable Christian should argue conclusively that the
Christi...
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Romans 3:1 What G5101 advantage G4053 then G3767 Jew G2453 or G2228
what G5101 profit G5622 circumcision G4061
advantage - Romans 2:25-29; Genesis 25:32; Ecclesiastes 6:8,
Ecclesiastes 6:11;...
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‘What advantage then does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of
circumcision?'
The question then arises that if the Jew who is unrighteous has no
special privileges because of his unrighteousness (R...
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Romans 3:1. WHAT THEN IS THE ADVANTAGE, etc. On the connection of
thought, see above.
THE JEW. Used generically for the Jews.
THE PROFIT, or, ‘benefit,' OF CIRCUMCISION. This is a
specification, w...
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WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW?
(τ ουν το περισσον του Ιουδαιου?). Literally,
"What then is the overplus of the Jew?" What does the Jew have over
and above the Gentile? It is a pertinent question...
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Romans 3:1
Preciousness of the Bible.
I. Think of the wonderful providence which has watched over the Bible
from the beginning. There is no miracle comparable to that which has
preserved to us the S...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there
of circumcision?_
If, after all, both Jew and Gentiles were under sin, what advantage
had the Jew by the covenant under which he...
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CONTENTS: The common guilt of both Jew and Gentile. Justification by
faith, not by the law.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The sum of all sin is coming short of the glory of God for
which we we...
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The first part of this chapter, as far as the twentieth verse, belongs
to the two preseding Chapter s, and confirms, by the words of David,
the deplorable state of fallen man.
Romans 3:1. _What advan...
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DO THE JEWS HAVE ANY ADVANTAGE? Paul's conclusions in _chapter 2_ are
contrary to what the Jews believed. We can imagine them asking: "If
our advantages will be no help at Judgment, and Gentiles can a...
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_What advantage then hath the Jew?_
…chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
MORAL ADVANTAGE
I. There is much advantage to those favoured with clearer light and
higher pr...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:1 Now Paul raises the logical question of
whether there is any ADVANTAGE or VALUE in being an ethnic Jew and
being physically circumcised. He probably means “value for
salvatio...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 3:1. WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW?—Pre-eminence. Passage
brings out the idea of surplus (Wordsworth).
Romans 3:3.—πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ—the faith of God—may
perhaps be best exp...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 3:1
(2) _Certain objections with regard to the Jews suggested and met.
_In_ _this passage, before proceeding with his argument, the apostle
meets certain objections that might be ma...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Romans 3.
Paul has just told the Jews that having the law does not justify a
person. It is the keeping of the law that justifies one. That
uncircumcision really has...
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1 Corinthians 15:32; Ecclesiastes 6:11; Ecclesiastes 6:8; Genesis
25:32; Hebrews 13:9; Isaiah 1:11; Malachi 3:14; Romans 2:25...
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Advantage [π ε ρ ι σ σ ο ν]. Lit., surplus. Hence prerogative
or pre - eminence.
Profit [ω φ ε λ ε ι α]. Compare profiteth, Romans 2:25....
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What then, may some say, is the advantage of the Jew, or of the
circumcision — That is, those that are circumcised, above the
gentiles?...
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The sense is this: But you of the Jews will object and say, "If
outward circumcision avails nothing, but the inward circumcision is
all in all; and if the uncircumcised person, keeping the law, is to...