18 Bible Verses About Equality



  • Genesis 1:27 places male and female alike in the image of God, and Acts 17:26 says every nation comes from one man.
  • Deuteronomy 10:17 and Romans 2:11 say God shows no partiality, and 2 Chronicles 19:7 and James 2:1 require the same of judges and of church meetings.
  • Leviticus 19:34 tells Israel to treat the foreigner as native-born and to love them “as yourself”, because Israel were foreigners in Egypt.
  • Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11 and 1 Corinthians 12:13 list divisions of nation, status and sex that do not divide those who belong to Christ.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:13-14 uses isotes, equality, for churches sharing money so that each has what it needs, and supports it from the manna in Exodus 16:18.

The Bible grounds the equal worth of people in creation and in the character of God. Every person is made by the same God, male and female in his image (Genesis 1:27), and God “shows no partiality” (Deuteronomy 10:17). King Jehoshaphat asks the same impartiality of the judges he appointed (2 Chronicles 19:7), and the New Testament applies it to the church (Galatians 3:28). The word equality itself appears in Paul’s appeal for a collection in 2 Corinthians 8:13-14. The…

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