...In the beginning of the next chapter he asks and answers an important question upon this subject. " 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."...

...! How appropriate here are the words of St. Paul, (Rom. 3 : 1-4,) when answering this very cavil : "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. For...

...increased with them: " To whom much is given of them shall much be required." The Jew might say, " 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." But...

...alone. in describing the privileges and mercies of the Jews in the ancient Church, Rom. iii. 1, 2, 3 : "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 heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. CHAPTER III. WHAT advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way : chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God....

...Gentiles, and die Insufficiency of the Law, unless it were fulfilled by the Righteousness of Faith. WHAT advantage then hath the Jew ? or what profit is there of addressed to the Romans, was intended for Roman Jews in general, or those who, once Jews, had then...

...remove the impression that circumcision is now and henceforth profitless. The question is asked, " What advantage then hath the Jew ? or what profit is there of circumcision ?" The answer is, " Much every way : chiefly, because that unto them were committed the...

...judge thee. — He will surpass thee, O Jew ; that is, he will be better than thou art. CHAP. III. i. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision ? what advantage. — If those who are uncircumcised are so favourably situated, what...

...to them a clearer knowledge of God's will than other people had. St. Paul himself puts it thus : " What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision ? " That is his question put into the mouth of the one with whom he is arguing. The answer...

...directs attention to this as the leading feature in the benefit conferred by the Jewish dispensation. " What advantage then hath the Jew ? Or what profit is there of circumcision ? Much every way; chiefly that unto them were committed the oracles of God." Finally when...