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Romans 3:2

NETBible	Actually, there are many advantages.¹ First of all,² the Jews³ were entrusted with the oracles of God.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Rom 3:2	Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
NASB © biblegateway Rom 3:2	Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
NLT © biblegateway Rom 3:2	Yes, being a Jew has many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the whole revelation of God.
MSG © biblegateway Rom 3:2	As it turns out, it makes a lot of difference--but not the difference so many have assumed. First, there's the matter of being put in charge of writing down and caring for God's revelation, these Holy Scriptures.
BBE © SABDAweb Rom 3:2	Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Rom 3:2	Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
NKJV © biblegateway Rom 3:2	Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God.
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KJV	Much <4183> every <2596> <3956> way <5158>_: chiefly <4412>_, because <3303> <1063> that <3754> unto them were committed <4100> (5681) the oracles <3051> of God <2316>_.
NASB © biblegateway Rom 3:2	Great <4183> in every <3956> respect <5158> . First <4413> of all <4413> , that they were entrusted <4100> with the oracles <3051> of God <2316> .
NET [draft] ITL	Actually, there are many <4183> advantages <5158> . First <4412> of all <3956> , the Jews were entrusted <4100> with the oracles <3051> of God <2316> .
GREEK	polu kata panta tropon prwton men [gar] oti episteuyhsan logia tou yeou

NETBible

Actually, there are many advantages.¹ First of all,² the Jews³ were entrusted with the oracles of God.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “much in every way.”

²tc ‡ Most witnesses (א A D² 33 Ï) have γάρ (gar) after μέν (men), though some significant Alexandrian and Western witnesses lack the conjunction (B D* G Ψ 81 365 1506 2464* pc latt). A few mss have γάρ, but not μέν (6 1739 1881). γάρ was frequently added by scribes as a clarifying conjunction, making it suspect here. NA²⁷ has the γάρ in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.

²tn Grk “first indeed that.”

³tn Grk “they were.”

⁴tn The referent of λόγια (logia, “oracles”) has been variously understood: (1) BDAG 598 s.v. λόγιον takes the term to refer here to “God’s promises to the Jews”; (2) some have taken this to refer more narrowly to the national promises of messianic salvation given to Israel (so S. L. Johnson, Jr., “Studies in Romans: Part VII: The Jews and the Oracles of God,” BSac 130 [1973]: 245); (3) perhaps the most widespread interpretation sees the term as referring to the entire OT generally.