Verse 1

What{G5101} advantage{G4053} then{G3767} hath the Jew?{G2453} or{G2228} what{G5101} is the profit{G5622} of circumcision?{G4061}

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 25:32 : 32 And Esau{H6215} said,{H559} Behold, I am about{H1980} to die:{H4191} and what profit shall the birthright{H1062} do to me?
  • Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what advantage hath the wise{H2450} more{H3148} than the fool?{H3684} [or] what hath the poor{H6041} man, that knoweth{H3045} how to walk{H1980} before the living?{H2416}
  • Eccl 6:11 : 11 Seeing there are{H3426} many{H7235} things{H1697} that increase{H7235} vanity,{H1892} what is man{H120} the better?{H3148}
  • Isa 1:11-15 : 11 What{H4100} unto me is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices?{H2077} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} I have had enough{H7646} of the burnt-offerings{H5930} of rams,{H352} and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts;{H4806} and I delight{H2654} not in the blood{H1818} of bullocks,{H6499} or of lambs,{H3532} or of he-goats.{H6260} 12 When ye come{H935} to appear{H7200} before{H6440} me, who hath required{H1245} this at your hand,{H3027} to trample{H7429} my courts?{H2691} 13 Bring{H935} no more{H3254} vain{H7723} oblations;{H4503} incense{H7004} is an abomination{H8441} unto me; new moon{H2320} and sabbath,{H7676} the calling{H7121} of assemblies,—{H4744} I cannot away with{H3201} iniquity{H205} and the solemn meeting.{H6116} 14 Your new moons{H2320} and your appointed feasts{H4150} my soul{H5315} hateth;{H8130} they are a trouble{H2960} unto me; I am weary{H3811} of bearing{H5375} them. 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566} your hands,{H3709} I will hide{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} from you; yea, when ye make many{H7235} prayers,{H8605} I will not hear:{H8085} your hands{H3027} are full{H4390} of blood.{H1818}
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said,{H559} It is vain{H7723} to serve{H5647} God;{H430} and what profit{H1215} is it that we have kept{H8104} his charge,{H4931} and that we have walked{H1980} mournfully{H6941} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts?{H6635}
  • Rom 2:25-29 : 25 For{G1063} circumcision{G4061} indeed{G3303} profiteth,{G5623} if{G1437} thou be a doer{G4238} of the law:{G3551} but{G1161} if{G1437} thou be{G1510} a transgressor{G3848} of the law,{G3551} thy{G4675} circumcision{G4061} is become{G1096} uncircumcision.{G203} 26 If{G1437} therefore{G3767} the uncircumcision{G203} keep{G5442} the ordinances{G1345} of the law,{G3551} shall not{G3780} his{G846} uncircumcision{G203} be reckoned{G3049} for{G1519} circumcision?{G4061} 27 and{G2532} shall not{G2919} the uncircumcision{G203} which is by{G1537} nature,{G5449} if it fulfil{G5055} the law,{G3551} judge{G2919} thee,{G4571} who{G3588} with{G1223} the letter{G1121} and{G2532} circumcision{G4061} art a transgressor{G3848} of the law?{G3551} 28 For{G1063} he{G3588} is{G2076} not{G3756} a Jew{G2453} who is one{G3588} {G1722} outwardly;{G5318} neither{G3761} is that circumcision{G1722} which is outward{G5318} in{G1722} the flesh:{G4561} 29 but{G235} he{G3588} is a Jew{G2453} who is one{G3588} {G1722} inwardly;{G2927} and{G2532} circumcision{G4061} is that of the heart,{G2588} in{G1722} the spirit{G4151} not{G3756} in the letter;{G1121} whose{G3739} praise{G1868} is not{G3756} of{G1537} men,{G444} but{G235} of{G1537} God.{G2316}
  • 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If{G1487} after the manner{G2596} of men{G444} I fought with beasts{G2341} at{G1722} Ephesus,{G2181} what{G5101} doth it{G3786} profit me?{G3427} If{G1487} the dead{G3498} are not{G3756} raised,{G1453} let us eat{G5315} and{G2532} drink,{G4095} for{G1063} to-morrow{G839} we die.{G599}
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Be{G4064} not{G3361} carried away{G4064} by divers{G4164} and{G2532} strange{G3581} teachings:{G1322} for{G1063} it is good{G2570} that{G2570} the heart{G2588} be established{G950} by grace;{G5485} not{G3756} by meats,{G1033} wherein{G3739} {G1722} they that occupied{G4043} themselves were{G5623} not{G3756} profited.{G5623}