Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

Then Peter opened his lips and said, "I see quite plainly that God has no favourites,

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!

that the rest of men may seek for the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by my name, saith the Lord,

I will rescue you from the People and also from the Gentiles ??to whom I send you,

Or is God only the God of Jews? Is he not the God of the Gentiles as well? Surely he is.

In what way? When he was a circumcised man or an uncircumcised man? Not when he was circumcised, but when he was uncircumcised.

and also in order that the Gentiles should glorify God for His mercy ??as it is written, Therefore will I offer praise to Thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name;

For by one Spirit we have all been baptized into one Body, Jews or Greeks, slaves or freemen; we have all been imbued with one Spirit.

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

namely, that in Christ Jesus the Gentiles are co-heirs, companions, and co-partners in the Promise.

Circumcision

Circumcision counts for nothing, uncircumcision counts for nothing; obedience to God's commands is everything.

in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.

For what counts is neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, it is the new creation.

Barbarian

The natives showed us uncommon kindness, for they lit a fire and welcomed us all to it, as the rain had come on and it was chilly.

To Greeks and to barbarians, to wise and to foolish alike, I owe a duty.

Well, unless I understand the meaning of what is said to me, I shall appear to the speaker to be talking gibberish, and to my mind he will be talking gibberish himself.

Bond

You were a slave when you were called? Never mind. Of course, if you do find it possible to get free, you had better avail yourself of the opportunity.

Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done.

And

He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains within me, as I remain within him.

Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing).

On the other hand, if Christ is within you, though the body is a dead thing owing to Adam's sin, the spirit is living as the result of righteousness.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.

May Christ dwell in your hearts as you have faith!

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

General references

Or is God only the God of Jews? Is he not the God of the Gentiles as well? Surely he is.

For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,