racial equality
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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.
34Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: “I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons. 35But within every nation, whoever fears him and works justice is acceptable to him.
34I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
11where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.
26And he has made, out of one, every family of man: to live upon the face of the entire earth, determining the appointed seasons and the limits of their habitation,
11For there is no favoritism with God.
27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
9After these things, I saw a great crowd, which no one could number, from all the nations and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
9Tribulation and anguish are upon every soul of man that works evil: the Jew first, and also the Greek. 10But glory and honor and peace are for all who do what is good: the Jew first, and also the Greek. 11For there is no favoritism with God.
10Is there not one Father of us all? Did not one God create us? Why, then, does each one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?
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.”
2The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both.
17For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe. 18He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing. 19Therefore, you also should love sojourners, for you also were new arrivals in the land of Egypt.
34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.