> "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Β Once you were not a people, but now you are Godβs people;
--1 Peter 2:9β10
Christians are called a race, a nation, and God's people. Perhaps that's where nostr:nprofile1qqsd6ejdteqpvse63ntf7qz6u9yqspp4z7ymt8094urzwm0x2ceaxxgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hszxmhwden5te0w35x2en0wfjhxapwdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uyn3x3h gets "ethnicity"?
A pastor of mine once said that since Christians are a new creation we are a new species: Homo Christian
(that has nothing to do with being ghey, btw)
We're a new race of immortal beings, following the traditions and laws in the Word and with a defined person as leader. Feel like that's somehow important. Enough to be an ethnicity.
That's a fairly bad translation in my understanding. But sure. Ok. If you want to read it like that, yes. A race.
How would you translate race differently? All translations are a gloss; I suppose you can take your pick:
Ξ³ΞΞ½ΞΏΟ (genos)
Strong: G1085
GK: G1169
offspring, progeny, Acts 17:28, 29; family, kindred, lineage, Acts 7:13, et al.; race, nation, people, Mk. 7:26; Acts 4:36, et al.; kind, sort, species, Mt. 13:47, et al.
from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%202%3A9-10&version=MOUNCE
I would lean towards lineage. Race, unfortunately, is relatively poisoned these days.
I'm indifferent to that.
yes, because of the raping bitch ass ruling class inseminating millions of innocent plebs for their amusement.
nothing has changed since the days of Noah, and it's still the same lineages doing it.
also, i very agree, lineage. anyone from a branch of their tree that came via rape is of course not necessarily brainwashed into becoming a piece of shit tho. but the legacy of the damage is everywhere visible.
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