What does the Bible say about racial equality?
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The Bible teaches that every person bears God’s image, that God shows no partiality, and that in Christ people from every race are called into one redeemed family marked by love and justice. Genesis 1:27 grounds human dignity in creation, while Acts 17:26 affirms humanity’s common origin under God’s providence. God’s impartial judgment is emphasized in Romans 2:9-11 and Acts 10:34-35. Through the gospel, ethnic divisions do not determine anyone’s standing before God: Galatians 3:28 and Colossians 3:11 proclaim Christ as the source of a new, united people. Christians therefore should love one another as Christ commanded in John 13:34, anticipating the diverse worshiping multitude of Revelation 7:9.
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- 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.
- Acts 10:34-35
[34] Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism; [35] but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
- John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
- Colossians 3:11
where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
- Acts 17:26
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
- Romans 2:11
For there is no partiality with God.
- Genesis 1:27
God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
- Revelation 7:9
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
- Romans 2:9-11
[9] oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, on the Jew first, and also on the Greek. [10] But glory and honor and peace to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. [11] For there is no partiality with God.
- Malachi 2:10
Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
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