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what modern categories or groups might we add to paul's list where we struggle to see unity?

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Galatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Paul is writing to the churches in Galatia (modern-day Turkey) around the mid-1st century CE. He's emphasizing that faith in Jesus, not adherence to the Jewish law, is what brings people into God's family. In this verse, he's powerfully stating that old social and religious distinctions no longer define a person's standing within this new community.

How might embracing our shared humanity in Christ challenge the ways we categorize and divide people today?

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  • Colossians 3:11

    Echoes Paul's point about new identity, removing distinctions like Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13

    Explains that all believers, regardless of background, are baptized by one Spirit into one body.

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