Romans 3:1
What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
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Cross references
- Genesis 25:32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
- Romans 2:25–27 Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
- Ecclesiastes 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?