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Rom 3:2 — Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Much		Rom 3:3; Rom 11:1,2,15-23,28,29
because		Rom 2:18; Rom 9:4; Deu 4:7,8; Neh 9:13,14; Psa 78:4-7; Psa 147:19,20; Isa 8:20; Eze 20:11,12; Luk 16:29-31; Jhn 5:39; 2Ti 3:15-17; 2Pe 1:19-21; Rev 19:10
committed		1Cr 9:17; 2Cr 5:19; Gal 2:7; 1Ti 6:20
the oracles		Rom 1:2; Psa 119:140; Dan 10:21; Act 7:38; 2Ti 3:15,16; Hbr 5:12; 1Pe 4:11; 2Pe 1:20,21; Rev 22:6

Correlating Passages

Much

	Rom 3:3	For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
	Rom 11:1	I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.
	Rom 11:2	God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
	Rom 11:15	For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
	Rom 11:16	For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.
	Rom 11:17	And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
	Rom 11:18	Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
	Rom 11:19	Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
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	Rom 11:28	As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers' sakes.
	Rom 11:29	For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.

because

	Rom 2:18	And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
	Rom 9:4	Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
	Deu 4:7	For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] nigh unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]?
	Deu 4:8	And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
	Neh 9:13	Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
	Neh 9:14	And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
	Psa 78:4	We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
	Psa 78:5	For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
	Psa 78:6	That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:
	Psa 78:7	That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
	Psa 147:19	He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
	Psa 147:20	He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
	Isa 8:20	To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
	Eze 20:11	And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them.
	Eze 20:12	Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I [am] the LORD that sanctify them.
	Luk 16:29	Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
	Luk 16:30	And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
	Luk 16:31	And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
	Jhn 5:39	Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
	2Ti 3:15	And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
	2Ti 3:16	All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
	2Ti 3:17	That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
	2Pe 1:19	We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
	2Pe 1:20	Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
	2Pe 1:21	For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.
	Rev 19:10	And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

committed

	1Cr 9:17	For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me.
	2Cr 5:19	To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
	Gal 2:7	But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter;
	1Ti 6:20	O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

the oracles

	Rom 1:2	(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
	Psa 119:140	Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
	Dan 10:21	But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and [there is] none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
	Act 7:38	This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
	2Ti 3:15	And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
	2Ti 3:16	All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
	Hbr 5:12	For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
	1Pe 4:11	If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
	2Pe 1:20	Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
	2Pe 1:21	For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.
	Rev 22:6	And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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Scott, Thomas. "Romans 3:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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