What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
If Paul means that there is no use in being a Jew or in circumcision, why was that nation called, and why was circumcision given? How does Paul solve this problem? By the same means as he did before: he speaks not of their praises but of the benefits of God.