And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
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The age of Grace began in mid-Acts, after the conversion of the Apostle Paul. It is through his letters alone that we learn about the dispensation of Grace, about Israel being set aside, with Jew and Gentile being saved into the Body of Christ. It was Paul who taught 'all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses' (Acts 2121). It was also Paul who proclaimed the forgiveness of sins 'to all who would believe' in Christ, adding that 'ye could not be justified by the law of Moses' (Acts 1338-39). The measuring rod of grace tells us that the age of Grace began with Paul, then continued through those who were saved and subsequently carried on His God-given doctrines of grace.
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Galatians 3:28:
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
(NIV)
There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
(AMP)
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
(KJV)
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Ephesians 2:14:
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility
(NIV)
For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us
(AMP)
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
(KJV)
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Romans 10:12:
For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile – the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him
(NIV)
[No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith].
(AMP)
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
(KJV)
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Romans 3:22:
This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile
(NIV)
Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction
(AMP)
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
(KJV)
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Romans 1:16:
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
(NIV)
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek
(AMP)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
(KJV)
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