
He [Peter] became hungry and wanted something to eat. And while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw Heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.” —Acts 10:10-13
Surely not, Lord! I’ve never eaten anything impure or unclean. —Acts 10:14
You are all well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. —Acts 10:28-29
Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism, but accepts from every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right.” —Acts 10:34-35
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus. —Galatians 3:28
Jesus calls us all to be
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How, then, can they call on the One they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? —Romans 10:14