Bible Strands
Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to a mixed Roman congregation, closing his argument that the path to God's righteousness is open to all people, not gated by ethnic identity.
The words — διαστολή (diastolē) literally means a physical gap or interval, a measurable distance stretched between two points; Paul says that distance does not exist.
The thread — Galatians 3:28 extends the same logic to slave/free and male/female, and 1 Corinthians 12:3 grounds the shared confession "Jesus is Lord" as the unifying mark of the Spirit.
Why it lands — The verse removes any claim that one's birth group carries a structural advantage in reaching God, and it asks the reader to stop treating ethnicity as a gate.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
- Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 3:22 And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Psalms 86:5 For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
- Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Psalms 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Romans 3:29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,