Colossians 3:11

“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, etc.] That is, either in Christ, after whose image the new man is created; (see <480506>Galatians 5:6 6:15) or in the new man, and with respect to regeneration; or in the whole business of salvation: it matters not of what nation a man is; this has no influence on his new birth, either to forward or hinder it; for he is never the more a new creature, a regenerate man, and interested in salvation, because he is a Jew, which he may be outwardly, and not inwardly; and he may be born again, though he is a Greek or Gentile, as the Syriac version reads; for God of his own will, and abundant mercy, and not out of respect to nations and persons, begets souls…”

“Where--Translate, "Wherein," namely, in the sphere of the renewed man. neither . . . nor . . . nor . . . nor--Translate as Greek, "There is no such thing as Greek and Jew (the difference of privilege between those born of the natural seed of Abraham and those not, is abolished), circumcision and uncircumcision (the difference of legal standing between the circumcised and uncircumcised is done away, Gal 6:15) --bondman, freeman." The present Church is one called out of the flesh, and the present world-course (Eph 2:2), wherein such distinctions exist, to life in the Spirit, and to the future first resurrection: and this because Satan has such power now over the flesh and the world. At…”

“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew - See this fully explained in the notes at Galatians 3:28. The meaning here is, that all are on a level; that there is no distinction of nation in the church; that all are to be regarded and treated as brethren, and that therefore no one should be false to another, or lie to another. Circumcision nor uncircumcision - No one is admitted into that blessed society because he is circumcised; no one is excluded because he is uncircumcised. That distinction is unknown, and all are on a level. Barbarian - No one is excluded because he is a barbarian, or because he lives among those who are uncivilized, and is unpolished in his manners; see the word “barbarian”…”

“Where - In which case, it matters not what a man is externally, whether Jew or gentile, circumcised, or uncircumcised, barbarian, void of all the advantages of education, yea, Scythian, of all barbarians most barbarous. But Christ is in all that are thus renewed, and is all things in them and to them. Colossians 3:12”

“3:11 barbaric, uncivilized: Literally Barbarian, Scythian. The Greeks mocked people from other cultures for their inability to speak Greek well, claiming they could only say “bar bar” (hence the word barbarian). The Scythians were tribes that had settled on the north coast of the Black Sea and were widely viewed as fierce and crude (see Josephus, Against Apion 2.38). All such distinctions do not matter in our relationship with God through Christ.”

“there: Psa 117:2; Isa 19:23-25, Isa 49:6, Isa 52:10, Isa 66:18-22; Jer 16:19; Hos 2:23; Amo 9:12; Mic 4:2; Zac 2:11, Zac 8:20-23; Mal 1:11; Mat 12:18-21; Act 10:34, Act 10:35, Act 13:46-48, Act 15:17, Act 26:17, Act 26:18; Rom 3:29, Rom 4:10, Rom 4:11, Rom 9:24-26; Rom 9:30, Rom 9:31, Rom 10:12, Rom 15:9-13; Co1 12:13; Gal 3:28; Eph 3:6 circumcision: Co1 7:19; Gal 5:6, Gal 6:15 Barbarian: Act 28:2, Act 28:4; Rom 1:14; Co1 14:11 bond: Co1 7:21, Co1 7:22; Eph 6:8 but: Col 2:10; Co1 1:29, Co1 1:30, Co1 3:21-23; Gal 3:29, Gal 6:14; Phi 3:7-9; Jo1 5:11, Jo1 5:12; Jo2 1:9 and: Joh 6:56, Joh 6:57, Joh 14:23, Joh 15:5, Joh 17:23; Rom 8:10, Rom 8:11; Gal 2:20; Eph 1:23, Eph 3:17; Jo1 5:20 Colossians…”