"Here is my servant whom I have selected, My beloved, who delights my heart! I will endow him with my Spirit, And he will announce a judgment to the heathen.

Then Peter began and said, "Now I really understand that God shows no partiality,

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen.

So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the heathen who are called by my name, Says the Lord,

I will save you from your people and from the heathen, to whom I will send you

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

In what circumstances? Was it after he was circumcised or before? Not after he was circumcised, but before;

including us whom he has called not only from among the Jews but from among the heathen?

There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him.

and causing the heathen to praise God for his mercy; as the Scripture says, "I will give thanks to you for this among the heathen, And sing in honor of your name."

For we have all??ews or Greeks, slaves or free men??een baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit.

There is no room for "Jew" and "Greek"; there is no room for "slave" and "freeman"; there is no room for "male" and "female"; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news

Circumcision

Being circumcised or being uncircumcised does not make any difference; all that matters is keeping God's commands.

For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

For neither circumcision nor the want of it is of any importance, but only a new creation.

Barbarian

The natives showed us remarkable kindness, for they made a fire and welcomed us, because of the rain that had come on and the cold.

I owe a debt both to Greeks and to foreigners, to the cultivated and the uncultivated.

So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall seem to the man who is speaking to be a foreigner, and he will seem to me to be one too.

Bond

If you were a slave when you were called, never mind. Even if you can gain your freedom, make the most of your present condition instead.

for you know that everyone, slave or free, will be rewarded by the Lord for his good conduct.

And

Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood remains united to me and I remain united to him.

Jesus answered, "Anyone who loves me will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and live with him.

I am the vine, you are the branches. Anyone who remains united to me, with me united to him, will be very fruitful, for you cannot do anything apart from me.

I in union with them and you with me, so that they may be perfectly unified, and the world may recognize that you sent me and that you love them just as you loved me.

But if Christ is in your hearts, though your bodies are dead in consequence of sin, your spirits have life in consequence of uprightness.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. The life I am now living in the body I am living by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

which is his body, filled by him who fills everything everywhere.

and through your faith to let Christ in his love make his home in your hearts. Your roots must be deep and your foundations strong,

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us power to recognize him who is true; and we are in union with him who is true, through his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

General references

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

For all the divine fulness chose to dwell in him,