Talk:Anti-Gentile bias in Bible translations

"never any doubt" is a somewhat controversial statement; that was the purpose of the Epistle to the Galatians to lay aside any doubt, as well as extended sections in the Book of Romans written later. Jesus said, "I am come for the lost House of Israel." RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 14:23, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

Or in the Book of Acts, when Peter had the revelation, "Call not thou unclean that which God has made clean." RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 14:25, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

When Jesus said, "It is not meet to give the children's bread to dogs", he was not speaking specifically of homosexuals; he was speaking of an unclean animal, which by scriptural definition, a homosexual and all unsaved persons are. RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 14:28, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

IOWs, God sees no difference between a homosexual and an unrepentant sinner. He doesn't break them down into classes. They all receive the same treatment. RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 14:31, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

Great points. I'll research this further. Thanks!--Andy Schlafly (talk) 14:32, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

Another one: When Paul "withstood Peter to his face", it was because Peter we preaching "Ye must be circumcised." Peter was not onboard with salvation for the gentiles until he had the revelation. (But in my opinion, even though he confessed the he now saw God had given salvation to the gentiles, he still personally was never quite comfortable with sitting down to eat with them at the same table). RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 14:43, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

Now, by contrast, you have John saying in chapter 1, "As many as received him, gave he power to become sons of God," which is a gospel of salvation for the gentiles, but uncorroborated in the other gospels. Galatians expounds, that salvation is by faith, and not by circumcision. RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 14:48, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

Some of the Apostles, Peter and Matthew too, had a human view of the different ethnicity of Gentiles. This instinctive humanity of the Apostles is endearing, but it wasn't Jesus's view.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 16:25, April 21, 2022 (EDT)

Right. In John, he says "as many as received him gave he power to become sons of God", later Jesus says to Jews who thought being in God's family was a birthright ("born of the flesh") Jesus says "ye are of your father the devil." And Jesus makes clear in the Gospel of John, "whosoever believeth in me has passed from death to life". The problem was, John's statements really aren't corroborated in the other 3 gospels, so Paul clarified it in his Epistles.

Bottomline, many of these Jews in Jesus' day were racists, who thought they had some sort of privilege over unclean gentiles, but Jesus, Paul, and the Christian Church set the issue straight.

As Acts & Exodus state, there always were gentile believers going back to Moses ("the stranger who sojourneth with you"). RobS^{Let's Go Brandon!} 18:38, April 21, 2022 (EDT)