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)

Unity and Diversity in the Body

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body,^(A) so it is with Christ.^{(B) 13} For we were all baptized^(C) by^[a] one Spirit^(D) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free^(E)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.^(F)

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.

⁶ 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)

²⁹ Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,^{(A) 30} since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.^(B)

⁴ There is one body^(A) and one Spirit,^(B) just as you were called to one hope when you were called^(C);

¹⁶ I have other sheep^(A) that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock^(B) and one shepherd.^(C)

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once^(A) were far away have been brought near^(B) by the blood of Christ.^(C)

¹⁴ For he himself is our peace,^(D) who has made the two groups one^(E) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, ¹⁵ by setting aside in his flesh^(F) the law with its commands and regulations.^(G) His purpose was to create in himself one^(H) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶ and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,^(I) by which he put to death their hostility. ¹⁷ He came and preached peace^(J) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.^{(K) 18} For through him we both have access^(L) to the Father^(M) by one Spirit.^(N)

¹⁹ Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,^(O) but fellow citizens^(P) with God’s people and also members of his household,^{(Q) 20} built^(R) on the foundation^(S) of the apostles and prophets,^(T) with Christ Jesus himself^(U) as the chief cornerstone.^{(V) 21} In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple^(W) in the Lord. ²² And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.^(X)

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