John 1:12
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12 (A)But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,
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Galatians 3:26-29
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26 For through faith you are all children of God[a] in Christ Jesus.(A) 27 [b]For all of you who were baptized into Christ(B) have clothed yourselves with Christ.[c] 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(C) 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendant, heirs according to the promise.(D)
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- 3:26 Children of God: literally “sons,” in contrast to the young child under the disciplinarian in Gal 3:24–25. The term includes males and females (Gal 3:28).
- 3:27–28 Likely a formula used at baptism that expresses racial, social-economic, and sexual equality in Christ (cf. Col 3:11).
- 3:27 Clothed yourselves with Christ: literally, “have put on Christ”; cf. Rom 13:14; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10. Baptismal imagery, traceable to the Old Testament (Jb 29:14; Is 59:17) but also found in pagan mystery cults.
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