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In the New Covenant, the distinction between Jew and Gentile has been eliminated:
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Galatians 3:26,28
- You are all sons of
God through faith in Christ Jesus . . . There is neither Jew nor Greek . . . for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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Ephesians
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However, the New Covenant was first promised to the Jews (in
around 600 B.C.)
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Jeremiah 31:31 - "The
time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of
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Perhaps it is for this reason, that Paul, as he traveled from town
to town, always preached the gospel to the Jews first and then to the Gentiles
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Acts
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