There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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- WEB There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- BSB There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- NKJV There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- NASB There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- NLT There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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Quick answer
In Christ the deepest human divisions, ethnic, social, and gender, no longer determine one's standing before God. All believers share one equal status as God's children united to Christ.
Overview
Paul names the three great dividing lines of the ancient world and declares them irrelevant to one's acceptance by God. He is not erasing all distinctions in creation or calling, but affirming that all believers have identical access to salvation and equal worth before God. This unity flows from being 'one in Christ Jesus,' a profound expression of the gospel's reconciling power that breaks down the wall of hostility.
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Cross-references · 19
- 1 Cor 12:12–13For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
- Col 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- Rom 3:29–30Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
- Gal 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- Rom 10:12–15For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
- John 10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- Eph 2:13–22But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
- Eph 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
- Rom 9:24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
- Rom 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- 1 Cor 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
- John 11:52And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
- Eph 3:5–10Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
- Rom 2:9–10Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
- Eph 4:15–16But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
- John 17:20–21Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
- John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
- 1 Cor 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
- Rom 4:11–12And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
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