Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 25:32 : 32 And Esau{H6215} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, I am at the point{H1980}{(H8802)} to die{H4191}{(H8800)}: and what profit shall this birthright{H1062} do to me?
  • Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what hath the wise{H2450} more{H3148} than the fool{H3684}? what hath the poor{H6041}, that knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} to walk{H1980}{(H8800)} before the living{H2416}?
  • Eccl 6:11 : 11 Seeing there be{H3426} many{H7235}{(H8687)} things{H1697} that increase{H7235}{(H8688)} vanity{H1892}, what is man{H120} the better{H3148}?
  • Isa 1:11-15 : 11 To what{H4100} purpose is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices{H2077} unto me? saith{H559}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}: I am full{H7646}{(H8804)} of the burnt offerings{H5930} of rams{H352}, and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts{H4806}; and I delight{H2654}{(H8804)} not in the blood{H1818} of bullocks{H6499}, or of lambs{H3532}, or of he goats{H6260}. 12 When ye come{H935}{(H8799)} to appear{H7200}{(H8736)} before{H6440} me, who hath required{H1245}{(H8765)} this at your hand{H3027}, to tread{H7429}{(H8800)} my courts{H2691}? 13 Bring{H935}{(H8687)} no more{H3254}{(H8686)} vain{H7723} oblations{H4503}; incense{H7004} is an abomination{H8441} unto me; the new moons{H2320} and sabbaths{H7676}, the calling{H7121}{(H8800)} of assemblies{H4744}, I cannot away with{H3201}{(H8799)}; it is iniquity{H205}, even the solemn meeting{H6116}. 14 Your new moons{H2320} and your appointed feasts{H4150} my soul{H5315} hateth{H8130}{(H8804)}: they are a trouble{H2960} unto me; I am weary{H3811}{(H8738)} to bear{H5375}{(H8800)} them. 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566}{(H8763)} your hands{H3709}, I will hide{H5956}{(H8686)} mine eyes{H5869} from you: yea, when ye make many{H7235}{(H8686)} prayers{H8605}, I will not hear{H8085}{(H8802)}: your hands{H3027} are full{H4390}{(H8804)} of blood{H1818}.
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said{H559}{(H8804)}, It is vain{H7723} to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} God{H430}: and what profit{H1215} is it that we have kept{H8104}{(H8804)} his ordinance{H4931}, and that we have walked{H1980}{(H8804)} mournfully{H6941} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}?
  • Rom 2:25-29 : 25 For{G1063} circumcision{G4061} verily{G3303} profiteth{G5623}{(G5719)}, if{G1437} thou keep{G4238}{(G5725)} the law{G3551}: but{G1161} if{G1437} thou be{G5600}{(G5753)} a breaker{G3848} of the law{G3551}, thy{G4675} circumcision{G4061} is made{G1096}{(G5754)} uncircumcision{G203}. 26 Therefore{G3767} if{G1437} the uncircumcision{G203} keep{G5442}{(G5725)} the righteousness{G1345} of the law{G3551}, shall{G3049} not{G3780} his{G846} uncircumcision{G203} be counted{G3049}{(G5701)} for{G1519} circumcision{G4061}? 27 And{G2532} shall not{G2919} uncircumcision{G203} which is by{G1537} nature{G5449}, if it fulfil{G5055}{(G5723)} the law{G3551}, judge{G2919}{(G5692)} thee{G4571}, who by{G1223} the letter{G1121} and{G2532} circumcision{G4061} dost transgress{G3848} the law{G3551}? 28 For{G1063} he is{G2076}{(G5748)} not{G3756} a Jew{G2453}, which is one outwardly{G1722}{G5318}; neither{G3761} is that circumcision{G4061}, which is outward{G1722}{G5318} in{G1722} the flesh{G4561}: 29 But{G235} he is a Jew{G2453}, which is one inwardly{G1722}{G2927}; and{G2532} circumcision{G4061} is that of the heart{G2588}, in{G1722} the spirit{G4151}, and 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 have fought with beasts{G2341}{(G5656)} at{G1722} Ephesus{G2181}, what{G5101} advantageth it{G3786} me{G3427}, if{G1487} the dead{G3498} rise{G1453}{(G5743)} not{G3756}? let us eat{G5315}{(G5632)} and{G2532} drink{G4095}{(G5632)}; for{G1063} to morrow{G839} we die{G599}{(G5719)}.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Be{G4064} not{G3361} carried about{G4064}{(G5744)} with divers{G4164} and{G2532} strange{G3581} doctrines{G1322}. For{G1063} it is a good thing{G2570} that the heart{G2588} be established{G950}{(G5745)} with grace{G5485}; not{G3756} with meats{G1033}, which have{G5623} not{G3756} profited{G5623}{(G5681)} them that have been occupied{G4043}{(G5660)} therein{G1722}{G3739}.