I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”

Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,

No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.

As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message.