Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Advantage
General references
Bible References
Advantage
Romans 2:25
For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Genesis 25:32
“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
Ecclesiastes 6:8
What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?
Isaiah 1:11 “What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.
Malachi 3:14
You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
1 Corinthians 15:32
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
Hebrews 13:9
Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.
General references
Isaiah 40:21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you
from the beginning?
Have you not considered
the foundations of the earth?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you
from the beginning?
Have you not considered
the foundations of the earth?