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15 Bible Verses About Inclusion

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  • Leviticus 19:34 tells Israel to treat the foreigner as native-born and to love them as themselves, because Israel had been foreigners in Egypt.
  • Isaiah 56 welcomes foreigners and eunuchs who hold fast to the covenant, and Jesus quoted its line “a house of prayer for all nations” in Mark 11:17.
  • In Acts 10 Peter says it had been against Jewish law to visit a Gentile, then sees the Holy Spirit come on Cornelius’s household and has them baptized.
  • Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11 and 1 Corinthians 12:13 each list groups made one in Christ, and Colossians adds barbarian and Scythian.
  • James 2:1-4 calls giving the rich a better seat than the poor favouritism and discrimination.

In the Bible, inclusion is a question of who may belong to the people of God, and on what terms. The law protects the foreigner living in Israel (Leviticus 19:34), Isaiah 56:3-7 welcomes foreigners and eunuchs to the temple, and Acts 10 and Ephesians 2 describe Gentiles received into the church. Paul states the result in Galatians 3:28: “you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Other passages concern whom believers welcome and how: James 2:1-4 on seating the rich and…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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