Romans 3:1 (DBY)

Passage

What then [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?

Nearby Context

Romans 3:1 What then [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision?

Romans 3:2 Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God.

Romans 3:3 For what? if some have not believed, shall their unbelief make the faith of God of none effect?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "superiority", "profit", and "circumcision". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "superiority" and "profit", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Much every way and first indeed that...", so "superiority" and "profit" should be read forward into that movement. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "superiority" and "profit" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.