Romans 3:2

Jews Still Have An Advantage

¹ What advantage is there then in being a Jew, and what is the use of circumcision? ² A great deal, from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews were intrusted with the utterances of God. ³ What if some of them have shown a lack of faith? Can their lack of it nullify the faithfulness of God?

Oracles of God

With God

Word of God

Words of God

Acts 7:38

It was he who with the congregation in the desert went between the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and received and communicated to you utterances that still live.

Romans 9:4

For they are Israelites, and to them belong the rights of sonship, God's glorious presence, the divine agreements and legislation, the Temple service, the promises,

Hebrews 5:12

For although from the length of your Christian experience you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very elements of Christian truth, and you have come to need milk instead of solid food.

1 Peter 4:11

If one preaches, let him do it like one who utters the words of God; if one does some service, let him do it as with strength which God supplies, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Luke 16:29-31

Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.'

John 5:39

You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

Romans 1:2

which he promised long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Romans 2:18

and can understand his will, and from hearing the Law read can tell what is right,

Romans 3:3

What if some of them have shown a lack of faith? Can their lack of it nullify the faithfulness of God?

Romans 11:1-2

I ask then, has God repudiated his people? By no means. Why, I am an Israelite myself, I am descended from Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:15-23

For if their rejection has meant the reconciling of the world, what can the acceptance of them mean but life from the dead?

Romans 11:28-29

From the point of view of the good news they are treated as enemies of God on your account; but from the point of view of God's choice, they are dear to him because of their forefathers,

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do it of my own accord, I have my pay, but if I do it because I must, it is still a responsibility that I am charged with.

Galatians 2:7

On the contrary, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the good news for the heathen, just as Peter had been intrusted with it for the Jews??8 for he who actuated Peter to be an apostle to the Jews also actuated me to be one to the heathen??9 and when they recognized the favor God had shown me, James, Cephas, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the church, pledged Barnabas and me their co-operation, with the understanding that we should work among the heathen and they among the Jews.

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, guard what has been intrusted to you. Keep away from the worldly, empty phrases and contradictions of what they falsely call knowledge,

2 Timothy 3:15-17

and how from childhood you have known the Scriptures which can give you the wisdom that through faith in Christ Jesus leads to salvation.

2 Peter 1:19-21

So we have the message of the prophets more fully guaranteed. Please pay attention to that message as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Revelation 19:10

I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

Revelation 22:6

"These words are trustworthy and true," he said to me; "For the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his slaves what must happen very soon.