Galatians 3:28

The unity here predicated results from the putting on of the Lord Jesus Christ. Comp. Colossians 3:10-11, where the train of thought is the same and the language very similar.

male nor female Lit. -male andfemale", possibly with reference to Genesis 1:27. The rite of circumcision was limited to male children; the Sacrament of Baptism is administered to both male and female. There are here no injunctions as to slavery and the treatment of women. But the principlelaid down has by its application abolished the one and ameliorated the other. The Talmud everywhere assumes and often states the recognised inferiority of women to men.

ye are all one - ye" is emphatic, pointing to those who are -sons of God", Galatians 3:26. -One person", or -one man". Comp. Ephesians 2:15; Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13.