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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- 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.
- KJV 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.
- 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.
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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 has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- Col 3:11where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
- Rom 3:29–30Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
- Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
- Rom 10:12–15For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
- John 10:16I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
- Eph 2:13–22But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
- Eph 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
- Rom 9:24us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
- Rom 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for 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 the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
- Eph 3:5–10which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
- Rom 2:9–10oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- Eph 4:15–16but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;
- John 17:20–21Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
- John 17:11I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
- 1 Cor 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
- Rom 4:11–12He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
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