Romans 3:1, Romans 3:2 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:1-8

Religious advantages, their use and abuse. If the Gentile and the Jew shall alike come under judgment according to their works, of what profit was the election of the Jew, and his endowment with spiritual privileges? This leads to the question of religious advantages, their use and abuse. I. USE . The very name, "religious advantage," which springs so readily to the lips, attests the profit of being a people called of God. This profit is manifold, and in the forefront stands the fact... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:1-8

Jewish privileges and Divine judgment. From a consideration of the attitude of the Jewish world to God, the apostle proceeds in this section to state the privileges enjoyed by Jews, and to point out the corresponding danger of commensurate condemnation in case the privileges were neglected or abused. The Jew might be inclined to say, "If circumcision be not a seal of special privilege, if I am not to be accepted because of my circumcision and descent: what possible advantage is there in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:1

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 stated in this verse. A Jew would naturally ask, if the view which the apostle had given were correct, what special benefit could the Jew derive from his religion? The objection would arise particularly from the position advanced Romans 2:25-26, that if a pagan should do the things required by the Law,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 3:1-2

Romans 3:1-2. 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, members of the church of God, and heirs of the promises, will procure us no favour at the judgment, and if the want of these privileges will not preclude the heathen from salvation; or, If it be so that God looks only at the heart, and does not regard persons for their external... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 3:1-8

Some Jewish objections (3:1-8)Many Jews might argue with Paul by putting to him a fairly obvious question. If what he said was true, why did God choose Israel as his special people (3:1)? Paul replies that God chose them so that through them he could make himself known to the people of the world. The Old Testament Scriptures, for example, were given to the human race by way of the Jews (2). The sad truth is that many of these favoured Jewish people have proved unfaithful to God, but he is still... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 3:1

What, &c. = What then is the advantage of the Jew, or what is the, &c. profit . Greek. opheleia. Only here and Jude 1:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 3:1

In this chapter, Paul answered certain objections that might have been alleged against what he had just written (Romans 3:1-8), brought forward a number of Old Testament references to support the proposition that none are righteous and that justification was impossible either through the law of Moses or any similar system of law (Romans 3:9-19), and then presented God's master plan of human redemption, as achieved in Christ, and available to all people in him (Romans 3:21-31).Verses 1-8 raise... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:1

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 the general conclusion. He has shewn that the Jews were rather more wicked than the Gentiles, and stood condemned by such of them as sincerelydid their duty through the secret influences of divine grace; that a possession of the law, circumcision, and an outward profession of relation to God, gave... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:1

1, 2. What advantage then hath the Jew?—that is, "If the final judgment will turn solely on the state of the heart, and this may be as good in the Gentile without, as in the Jew within, the sacred enclosure of God's covenant, what better are we Jews for all our advantages?" Answer: read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:1-2

Paul asked four rhetorical questions in this section (Romans 3:1-8), questions that could have been in the mind of a Jewish objector. Probably Paul was simply posing these questions and objections to himself to clarify his view for his readers. This is, again, the diatribe style of rhetoric. "Then what" (Gr. ti oun) appears in Romans to raise questions about what Paul has taught to advance his argument (cf. Romans 3:9; Romans 4:1; Romans 6:1; Romans 6:15; Romans 7:7; Romans 8:31; Romans 9:14;... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:1-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 3:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 3:1-8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 3:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 3:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:1-2

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