Romans 3:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

What good is it to be a Jew? What good is it to be circumcised?

Cross References

Genesis 25:32

“I'm about to die,” Esau answered. “What good will those rights do me?”

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk?

Ecclesiastes 6:8

We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right.

Hebrews 13:9

Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's gift of undeserved grace than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them.

1 Corinthians 15:32

What do you think I gained by fighting wild animals in Ephesus? If the dead are not raised to life, “Let's eat and drink. Tomorrow we die.”

Malachi 3:14

Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the Lord God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying God and from going around looking sad?

Psalm 147:20

But he has not given his laws to any other nation. Shout praises to the Lord!

John 4:22

You Samaritans don't really know the one you worship. But we Jews do know the God we worship, and by using us, God will save the world.

Romans 3:2

It is good in a lot of ways! First of all, God's messages were spoken to the Jews.

Romans 3:9

What does all this mean? Does it mean that we Jews are better off than the Gentiles? No, it doesn't! Jews, as well as Gentiles, are ruled by sin, just as I have said.