Romans 3:1 (GNV)

Passage

What is then the preferment of the Iewe? or what is the profite of circumcision?

Nearby Context

Romans 3:1 What is then the preferment of the Iewe? or what is the profite of circumcision?

Romans 3:2 Much euery maner of way: for chiefly, because vnto them were of credite committed the oracles of God.

Romans 3:3 For what, though some did not beleeue? shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "Much euery maner of way for chiefly...", so "preferment" and "iewe" 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 "preferment" and "iewe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.