| Reinhard Bendix - 1989 - 470 pages
...schoolmaster" of the law, which is directed against Jewish observances. Where the Christian faith prevails, there is "neither Jew nor Greek . . . , neither bond nor free . . . , neither male nor female" (Gal. 3:28). Equality in Christ Jesus takes the place of ethnic, cultural, social and even sexual distinctions,... | |
| Charles Villa-Vicencio - 1992 - 324 pages
...(koinonia) with one another as an expression of our mutual care and strengthening of one another. 'Here there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.' (Gal. 3:28). By analogy and in anticipation of this intimate... | |
| Jürgen Moltmann - 1993 - 346 pages
...event that first gives birth to what can be theologically described as 'man', 'true man', 'humanity' - 'neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female' (Gal. 3.28). Only when the real, historic and religious differences between peoples, groups and classes... | |
| George A. Rawlyk - 1994 - 512 pages
...the Galatians (Galatians 3:28): "In being baptized into Christ, you have put on Christ: there can be neither Jew, nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Moreover, believer's baptism was the means whereby thousands... | |
| William Graham Scroggie - 1994 - 1460 pages
...third, a government official. Surely here is illustrated the great truth of Christianity that in Christ 'is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female'. The order of these conversions is also significant: first the proselyte, then the Greek girl, and finally... | |
| John F. A. Sawyer - 1996 - 298 pages
...desire to preserve the genetic or racial purity of the community. Despite Paul's pronouncement about 'neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female', the Christian Church was in no way deterred from enacting laws prohibiting marriages between Christians... | |
| Phyllis Cole - 2002 - 404 pages
...interlocking with it, derived ultimately from the Bible. Paul had declared that in Christ there was "neither Jew nor Greek, . . . neither bond nor free, . . . neither male nor female"; yet he also instructed the church in Corinth, "Let your women keep silence in the churches." To Timothy... | |
| Augusto Fraschetti - 2001 - 260 pages
...Paul (Gal. 3:28) states that in the new faith there was no difference between the creatures of God: "neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female." Yet elsewhere, preaching to the gentiles, Paul underlined (1 Cor. 11:3) that "the head of the woman... | |
| S. M. Best, Steven M. Best - 2003 - 366 pages
...not. But as my distinguished colleague said earlier, in Galatians, the third chapter, Paul writes: 'There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female: for we are all one in Christ Jesus."* Socrates smiled. "So these rules actually cross over to the New... | |
| Jean Borella - 2004 - 528 pages
...two worlds only one 'breaking down the middle wall' separating them (Eph. 2:13-15), so that in him 'there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, neither male nor female' (Gal. 3:28). And this religio universalis, this universal covenant to which everyone is called, flows... | |
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