discrimination
What does the Bible say about discrimination? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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28There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
14For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
2For if a man has entered your assembly having a gold ring and splendid apparel, and if a poor man has also entered, in dirty clothing, 3and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, “You may sit in this good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit below my footstool,” 4are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts?
11For there is no favoritism with God.
27For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ have become clothed with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s, then are you the offspring of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
44But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.
31But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
12Therefore, all things whatsoever that you wish that men would do to you, do so also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.
34Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: “I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons.
7And the Lord said to Samuel: “You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart.”
16Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests: 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil, 19a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.