Are Jews better than Gentiles according to Romans 3:9?
No. Romans 3:9 declares that Jews are not better than Gentiles, for Paul writes, "No, in no wise," because both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin. Every Jew and every non-Jew has disobeyed God's revealed will, and that disobedience is sin.
Les teaches that Romans 3:9 is comparing Scripture with Scripture. Paul asks whether Jews are better than Gentiles and answers, "No, in no wise," because both Jews and Gentiles have been proved to be all under sin. Les connects this with Genesis 3 and Ezekiel, where God says the soul that sins shall surely die. Every Jew and every non-Jew who has ever lived is guilty of disobeying the revealed will of God, and that is sin. Therefore the Jew is not better than the Gentile; all are under sin.
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;