Galatians 3:28 and Colossians 3:11 speak of spiritual equality in salvation and standing before God—not the erasure of ethnic, national, or gender distinctions.
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Galatians 3:28 says:
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Colossians 3:11 echoes:
“Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.”
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These verses affirm spiritual unity, not uniformity.
Paul isn’t saying Jews stop being Jews or Greeks stop being Greeks. He’s saying all believers—regardless of background—are saved the same way: by grace through faith in Jesus.
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Here’s how we know distinctions remain:
1.Paul still calls himself a Jew (Acts 21:39, Romans 11:1).
2.He still speaks of Israel’s unique role in God’s plan (Romans 9:4–5, 11:28–29).
3.Male and female roles still exist (Ephesians 5, 1 Timothy 2).
4.Jesus referred to “the twelve tribes of Israel” ruling in the Kingdom (Matthew 19:28).
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Spiritual oneness in Christ means equal access to God, equal value, and equal inheritance in Christ—but it does not eliminate God’s prophetic plan for Israel or His created distinctions in identity and purpose.
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