All One In Christ
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28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
As I’ve discussed before one of the primary issues taking a hold within the Churches of Galatia, who were predominately Gentiles, was the insistence by the Judaizers, or the Circumcision Party which is a sect of Jewish Believers, that one must essentially become Jewish by fulfilling ritual law such as becoming circumcised, observing kosher(the dietary law), and sabbath law to come to the messiah (Acts 15:1-35) (Gal. 2:1-14)
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.
1 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
5 But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”
Those of the Circumcision Party were quote,“some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ” (Gal. 1:7) as