Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 3
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Romans 3
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Romans 3
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This author has written multiple commentaries over their lifetime on this chapter. We have grouped their commentaries for easier reading."What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?" — Romans 3:1 (ASV)
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 lived? Or what was the benefit to him of the circumcision which was his distinctive mark?
"Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God." — Romans 3:2 (ASV)
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. (Romans 3:2)
The Jews were God's chronicle-keepers. They had to guard the holy Books, "the oracles of God." They also had to preserve the knowledge of the truth by those various rites and ceremonies by which God was pleased to reveal himself in former times.
"What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God." — Romans 3:1-2 (ASV)
What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way; chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.
If it is so that, after all, no outward rite or birth privileges can bestow grace, what advantage did the Jews possess? "Why!" says Paul, "they had this very great privilege, that to them were committed the oracles of God." It is no small blessing to have a revelation from Jehovah, and to have the means of knowing what that revelation really is.
"What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God." — Romans 3:1-2 (ASV)
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
The Jews of old had a great advantage, for they had the truth when other men did not. The voice of God spoke to them clearly, when only here and there, to a few other chosen ones, was the voice of God delivered at all.
"What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God." — Romans 3:1-2 (ASV)
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
It was a great thing to be a Jew in those old times. When all the rest of the world was in the dark, the Jews had the light: Unto them were committed the oracles of God.
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