Isaiah 56:3-8
3 Let not athe foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,“The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;
and let not the eunuch say,
“Behold, I am ba dry tree.”
4For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs cwho keep my Sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,
5 dI will give in my house and within my walls
a emonument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
fI will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.
6 “And gthe foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
everyone hwho keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
7 ithese I will bring to jmy holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
ktheir burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for lmy house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
8The Lord God,
mwho gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
n“I will gather yet others to him
besides those already gathered.”
Acts 15:9
9and ohe made no distinction between us and them, phaving cleansed their hearts qby faith.Romans 2:13
13For rit is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.Romans 2:25-29
25For circumcision indeed is of value sif you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26So, if ta man who is uncircumcised keeps uthe precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded ▼▼Or counted
as circumcision? 27Then he who is physically ▼▼Or is by nature
uncircumcised but keeps the law xwill condemn you who have ythe written code ▼▼Or the letter
and circumcision but break the law. 28For aano one is a Jew abwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29But a Jew is one acinwardly, and adcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. aeHis praise is not from man but from God. Romans 3:22
22the righteousness of God afthrough faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. agFor there is no distinction:Romans 3:29-30
29Or ahis God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since aiGod is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and ajthe uncircumcised through faith.Romans 10:12-13
12 akFor there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; alfor the same Lord is Lord of all, ambestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13For an“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”1 Corinthians 12:13
13For aoin one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— apJews or Greeks, slaves ▼▼Or servants; Greek bondservants
or free—and arall were made to drink of one Spirit.
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