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11 In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,[a] circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,[b] slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

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  1. 3:11a Greek a Greek.
  2. 3:11b Greek Barbarian, Scythian.

11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew,(A) circumcised or uncircumcised,(B) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,(C) but Christ is all,(D) and is in all.

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13 Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles,[a] some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.[b]

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  1. 12:13a Greek some are Greeks.
  2. 12:13b Greek we were all given one Spirit to drink.

13 For we were all baptized(A) by[a] one Spirit(B) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free(C)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.(D)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or with; or in

28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile,[a] slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children[b] of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.

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  1. 3:28 Greek Jew or Greek.
  2. 3:29 Greek seed.

28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(A) nor is there male and female,(B) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(C) 29 If you belong to Christ,(D) then you are Abraham’s seed,(E) and heirs(F) according to the promise.(G)

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12 Jew and Gentile[a] are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him.

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  1. 10:12 Greek and Greek.

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

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And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.[a]

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  1. 3:6 Or because they are united with Christ Jesus.

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs(A) together with Israel, members together of one body,(B) and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.(C)

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23 And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.

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23 which is his body,(A) the fullness of him(B) who fills everything in every way.(C)

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24 And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.

25 Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea,

“Those who were not my people,
    I will now call my people.
And I will love those
    whom I did not love before.”[a]

26 And,

“Then, at the place where they were told,
    ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called
    ‘children of the living God.’”[b]

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  1. 9:25 Hos 2:23.
  2. 9:26 Greek sons of the living God. Hos 1:10.

24 even us, whom he also called,(A) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(B) 25 As he says in Hosea:

“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
    and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[a](C)

26 and,

“In the very place where it was said to them,
    ‘You are not my people,’
    there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[b](D)

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  1. Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
  2. Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10

29 After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.

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29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,(A)

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For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.

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For in Christ Jesus(A) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(B) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(C)

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23 I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.

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23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(A) and have loved them(B) even as you have loved me.

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20 My old self has been crucified with Christ.[a] It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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  1. 2:20 Some English translations put this sentence in verse 19.

20 I have been crucified with Christ(A) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(B) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(C) who loved me(D) and gave himself for me.(E)

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19 For it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised. The important thing is to keep God’s commandments.

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19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(A) Keeping God’s commands is what counts.

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17 so that the rest of humanity might seek the Lord,
    including the Gentiles—
    all those I have called to be mine.
The Lord has spoken—

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17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
    even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’[a](A)

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  1. Acts 15:17 Amos 9:11,12 (see Septuagint)