Galatians 3:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐκ ἔνι Ἰουδαῖος οὐδὲ Ἕλλην, οὐκ ἔνι δοῦλος οὐδὲ ἐλεύθερος, οὐκ ἔνι ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ: πάντες γὰρ ὑμεῖς εἷς ἐστε ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.

Transliteration

Not there is Ioudaios nor Hellēn, not there is doulos nor eleutheros, not there is arsen and thēly: for all you one este in Christō Iēsou.

Grammar Details

• *eni*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - there is/exists
• *Ioudaios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jew/Jewish person
• *Hellēn*: nominative, masculine, singular - Greek/Gentile
• *doulos*: nominative, masculine, singular - slave/servant
• *eleutheros*: nominative, masculine, singular - free person
• *arsen*: nominative, neuter, singular - male
• *thēly*: nominative, neuter, singular - female
• *este*: present, active, indicative, 2nd person, plural - you are
• *Christō*: dative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *Iēsou*: dative, masculine, singular - Jesus

Word Meanings

• *eni*: there is/exists (shortened form of enestin)
• *Ioudaios*: Jew/Jewish person
• *Hellēn*: Greek/Gentile/non-Jew
• *doulos*: slave/servant/bondservant
• *eleutheros*: free person/freedman
• *arsen*: male/masculine
• *thēly*: female/feminine

Referenced Verses

• Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.
• 1 Cor 12:12-13 : 12 ¶ For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
• Eph 2:13-22 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 ¶ For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us]; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone]; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
• Eph 4:4 : 4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
• Eph 4:15-16 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
• John 10:16 : 16 ‹And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,› [and] ‹one shepherd.›
• Rom 2:9-9 : 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
• Rom 3:29-30 : 29 [Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing [it is] one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
• Rom 4:11-12 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
• Rom 9:24 : 24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
• Rom 10:12-15 : 12 ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
• 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
• 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
• John 11:52 : 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
• John 17:11 : 11 ¶ ‹And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we› [are].
• John 17:20-21 : 20 ¶ ‹Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;› 21 ‹That they all may be one; as thou, Father,› [art] ‹in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.›
• Rom 1:16 : 16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• Eph 3:5-9 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,