Bible Strands
Romans 3:29
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Roman church, posing a rhetorical question immediately after declaring justification by faith apart from the law. He frames the scope of divine authority to address a potential boundary between Jewish and Gentile believers.
The words — Ἰουδαίων (Ioudaiōn) means “of Jews,” and θεὸς (theos) means “God.” The particle οὐχί (ouchi) functions as a rhetorical prompt demanding a clear affirmative that God’s domain extends beyond a single ethnic group.
The thread — The text’s claim of God’s universal ownership runs parallel to Colossians 3:11, Zechariah 2:11, and Ephesians 3:6, which all record the dismantling of ethnic and social barriers under one divine authority.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to abandon exclusivist assumptions and acknowledge that the same covenant God governs all people. The text demands alignment with a faith that recognizes no ethnic boundary in divine justification.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Cross-references
- 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.
- Zechariah 2:11 “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
- Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 9:24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
- Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Galatians 3:25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
- Zechariah 8:20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Luke 24:46 And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,