Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Advantage
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Bible References
Advantage
Romans 2:25
For circumcision indeed profits if thou keep the law; but if thou be a law-transgressor, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?
Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.
Malachi 3:14
Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
1 Corinthians 15:32
If, to speak after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if those that are dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
Hebrews 13:9
Be not carried away with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the heart be confirmed with grace, not meats; those who have walked in which have not been profited by them.
General references
Isaiah 40:21
do ye not know? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?