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Wherei there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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Rom. 10:12• ¹²For there is no difference of Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all [is] rich toward all that call upon him. (Rom. 10:12)

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Psa. 117:2• (Psa. 117:2)

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Isa. 19:23‑25• (Isa. 19:23‑25)

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Isa. 49:6• (Isa. 49:6)

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Isa. 52:10• (Isa. 52:10)

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Isa. 66:18‑22• (Isa. 66:18‑22)

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Jer. 16:19• (Jer. 16:19)

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Hos. 2:23• (Hos. 2:23)

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Amos 9:12• (Amos 9:12)

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Mic. 4:2• (Mic. 4:2)

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Zech. 2:11• (Zech. 2:11)

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Zech. 8:20‑23• (Zech. 8:20‑23)

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Mal. 1:11• (Mal. 1:11)

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Matt. 12:18‑21• ¹⁸{i}Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall show forth judgment to the nations.{/i}
¹⁹{i}He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall anyone hear his voice in the streets;{/i}
²⁰{i}a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;{/i}
²¹{i}and on his name shall [the] nations hope.{/i} (Matt. 12:18‑21)

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Acts 10:34‑35• ³⁴And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons
³⁵but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:34‑35)

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Acts 13:46‑48• ⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, For you it was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken; but since ye thrust it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn unto the Gentiles.
⁴⁷For thus hath the Lord enjoined us, I have set thee for a light of Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost parts of the earth.
⁴⁸And the Gentiles on hearing rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained unto life eternal believed. (Acts 13:46‑48)

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Acts 15:17• ¹⁷so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations upon whom my name is called saith [the] Lord, who maketh [all] these things (Acts 15:17)

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Acts 26:17‑18• ¹⁷taking thee out from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom I send thee,
¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:17‑18)

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Rom. 3:29• ²⁹Is he, pray, the God of Jews only? [Is he] not also of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also; (Rom. 3:29)

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Rom. 4:10‑11• ¹⁰How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision but in uncircumcision.
¹¹And he received [the] sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of the faith that [he had] in uncircumcision, in order to his being father of all that believe in a state of uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also, (Rom. 4:10‑11)

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Rom. 9:24‑26• ²⁴us whom he also called not only out of Jews, but also out of Gentiles,
²⁵as also in Hosea he saith, “I will call that which [is] not-my-people, my people, and the not-beloved, Beloved;”
²⁶and “It shall be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of [the] living God.” (Rom. 9:24‑26)

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Rom. 9:30‑31• ³⁰What then shall we say? That Gentiles which followed not after righteousness obtained righteousness, even [the] righteousness that is by faith;
³¹but Israel following after a law of righteousness attained not unto a law of righteousness. (Rom. 9:30‑31)

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Rom. 10:12• ¹²For there is no difference of Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all [is] rich toward all that call upon him. (Rom. 10:12)

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Rom. 15:9‑13• ⁹and that the Gentiles should glorify God for mercy, even as it is written, “On this account I will confess to thee among [the] Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.”
¹⁰And again he saith, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people;”
¹¹and, again, “Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and give him praise, all ye people.”
¹²And again Esaias saith, “There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that standeth up to rule Gentiles: on him shall Gentiles hope.”
¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:9‑13)

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1 Cor. 12:13• ¹³For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free, and were all made to drink of one Spirit. (1 Cor. 12:13)

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Gal. 3:28• ²⁸There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondservant nor freeman, there is no male and female; for all ye are one in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:28)

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Eph. 3:6• ⁶that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow-partakers of the promises in Christ Jesus by the gospel, (Eph. 3:6)

circumcision.

1 Cor. 7:19• ¹⁹Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping God's commandments. (1 Cor. 7:19)

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Gal. 5:6• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision hath any force nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love. (Gal. 5:6)

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Gal. 6:15• ¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. (Gal. 6:15)

Barbarian.

Acts 28:2,4• ²And the barbarians a showed us no common kindness, for they kindled a fire-heap and took us all in because of the then rain and because of the cold.
⁴And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said one to another, Certainly a murderer is this man, whom though got safe from the sea, justice refused to let live. (Acts 28:2,4)

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Rom. 1:14• ¹⁴Both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent, I am debtor; (Rom. 1:14)

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1 Cor. 14:11• ¹¹If therefore I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh a barbarian in my case. (1 Cor. 14:11)

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1 Cor. 7:21‑22• ²¹Wast thou called a bondman? Let it not be a care to thee; but if also thou canst be free, use [it] rather.
²²For the bondman called in [the] Lord is [the] Lord's freedman; likewise, he that was called free is Christ's bondman. (1 Cor. 7:21‑22)

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Eph. 6:8• ⁸knowing that whatever good each shall do, this he shall receive of [the] Lord, whether bond or free. (Eph. 6:8)

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Col. 2:10• ¹⁰and ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality and authority; (Col. 2:10)

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1 Cor. 1:29‑30• ²⁹so that no flesh should boast before God.
³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:29‑30)

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1 Cor. 3:21‑23• ²¹Wherefore let none boast in men, for all things are yours:
²²whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours,
²³and ye Christ's, and Christ God's. (1 Cor. 3:21‑23)

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Gal. 3:29• ²⁹And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise. (Gal. 3:29)

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Gal. 6:14• ¹⁴But be it not for me to boast, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me and I to the world. (Gal. 6:14)

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Phil. 3:7‑9• ⁷But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss on account of Christ.
⁸But moreover also I count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on whose account I lost all things and count them to be refuse that I may win Christ,
⁹and be found in him, not having my righteousness that [is] of law, but that [which is] by faith of Christ, the righteousness of God on faith; (Phil. 3:7‑9)

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1 John 5:11‑12• ¹¹And this is the witness that God gave to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.
¹²He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (1 John 5:11‑12)

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2 John 9• ⁹Every one that goeth onward and abideth not in the doctrine of the Christ hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine, he hath both the Father and the Son. (2 John 9)

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John 6:56‑57• ⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me and I in him.
⁵⁷As the living Father sent me, and I live by reason of the Father, he also that eateth me, even he shall live by reason of me. (John 6:56‑57)

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John 14:23• ²³Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:23)

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John 15:5• ⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5)

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John 17:23• ²³I in them and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, [and] that the world may know that thou didst send me and lovedst them as thou lovedst me. (John 17:23)

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Rom. 8:10‑11• ¹⁰But if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead on account of sin, and the Spirit life on account of righteousness.
¹¹But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus out of [the] dead dwell in you, he that raised Christ out of [the] dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Rom. 8:10‑11)

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Gal. 2:20• ²⁰With Christ I am crucified, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ liveth in me; but that which I now live in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God that loved me and gave himself up for me. (Gal. 2:20)

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Eph. 1:23• ²³which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. (Eph. 1:23)

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Eph. 3:17• ¹⁷that the Christ may dwell through faith in your hearts, (Eph. 3:17)

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1 John 5:20• ²⁰And we know that the Son of God came, and hath given to us understanding that we should know the true one; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal. (1 John 5:20)

• there remains but the old man, which we only acknowledge as dead, and the new man. To the latter Christ is all; so that there is none but He whom they see and whom they acknowledge, and He is in all believers. (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)

• Am I entitled, as I look upon Christians henceforth, to see nothing but Christ in any and Christ in every one? Yes, Christ is in all, and Christ is all. (“Colossians 3” by W. Kelly)

• • “Greek nor Jew”—no national distinctions. • “Circumcision nor uncircumcision”—no religious distinctions. • “Barbarian, Scythian”—no intellectual distinctions. • “Bond nor free”—no social distinctions. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death and Resurrection of Christ: Colossians 3:1-11” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is everythingf, and in all.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "all things," as 1 Cor. 15.28.

W. Kelly Translation

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where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond, free, but Christ the wholea, and in all.

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See note to verse 8.