Galatians 2:15
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Jews and Gentiles Are Saved by Faith
15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not gentile sinners,
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Titus 3:3
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3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A)
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A)
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Ephesians 2:11-12
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One in Christ
11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth,[a] called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands(A)— 12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(B)
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- 2.11 Gk in the flesh
Romans 3:9
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None Is Righteous
9 What then? Are we any better off?[a] No, not at all, for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,(A)
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- 3.9 Or at any disadvantage?
Philippians 3:4
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4 even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh.
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:
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Romans 4:16
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16 For this reason the promise depends on faith, in order that it may rest on grace, so that it may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (who is the father of all of us,(A)
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Acts 22:21
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21 Then he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the gentiles.’ ”(A)
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John 8:39-41
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Jesus and Abraham
39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, you would do[a] what Abraham did,(A) 40 but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are indeed doing what your father does.” They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, God himself.”(B)
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- 8.39 Other ancient authorities read you were . . . you would do or you are . . . then do
Mark 7:26-28
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26 Now the woman was a gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” 28 But she answered him, “Sir,[a] even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
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- 7.28 Or Lord; other ancient authorities prefix Yes
Matthew 9:11
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11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”(A)
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Matthew 3:7-9
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7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his[a] baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(A) 8 Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,(B) 9 and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.(C)
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- 3.7 Other ancient authorities lack his
1 Samuel 15:18
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18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’(A)
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