What does the Bible say about jews?
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The Bible teaches that the Jewish people are the historic covenant people through whom God gave His law, promises, and above all the Messiah, while salvation now comes to Jews and Gentiles alike through faith in Jesus Christ. Exodus 19:5-6 shows Israel’s distinctive calling, and Malachi 3:6 affirms God’s unchanging faithfulness. Yet Romans 2:28 and Romans 9:27 teach that outward ancestry alone does not save; God preserves a believing remnant by grace. Romans 1:16 and Romans 10:12-14 proclaim the gospel as God’s power for Jew and Gentile without distinction. In Christ, Galatians 3:28 declares believers one family, and Christians must reject contempt for Jews, remembering God’s purposes and mercy.
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- Malachi 3:6
"For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- Exodus 19:5-6
[5] Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; [6] and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
- Romans 9:27
Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, It is the remnant who will be saved;
- Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
- Romans 10:12-14
[12] For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. [13] For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved." [14] How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
- Romans 2:28
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 2:9
"I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
- Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."
- Luke 10:30-37
[30] Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. [31] By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. [32] In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. [33] But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, [34] came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. [35] On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' [36] Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?" [37] He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
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