In response to my post you wrote:"I have merely attempted to reconcile the verses you quoted and the concept of "There is neither Jew nor Gentile... male nor female..."
But brother, claiming that Gentiles cease to be Gentiles at conversion, that Gentile converts are "grafted into Israel" and that ONLY Gentile unbelievers are "dogs" are all faulty conclusions which do not reconcile anything.
Galatians 3:28 does NOT teach that, upon conversion, Jews cease to be Jews, Greeks cease to be Greeks, bondmen cease to be bondmen, free men cease to be free men, nor that males cease to be males or that females cease to be females!
New covenant scriptures clearly teach that regenerate Jews have responsibilities that are different from those of regenerate Greeks, that regenerate bondmen have different responsibilities from those of regenerate free men and that regenerate males have different responsibilities than regenerate females. (There are distinct commands given to each of these groups which are not required of the others.)
The point of the passage in Gal.3 is that none of these are any longer "under the schoolmaster" (the law), but that by faith in Christ they are all "children of God" and they are all "one in Christ". Therefore in Christ, there is no longer any barrier that hinders communion, communication or mutual ministry between these groups because they are all members in the same body.
Rather than making assumptions which are never stated in scripture, seeming contradictions between various scriptural truths can usually be reconciled by paying careful attention to what scripture actually SAYS.
I trust these thoughts may be helpful to overcome such perceived difficulties.
Your brother in Christ, Bruce
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