Is there any dividing between Jew and Gentile in Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians?
No. In the prison epistles—Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians—there is no dividing between Jew and Gentile. God now deals with the whole human race on one level, and every saved person enters the Body of Christ alike, whether Jew or Gentile, with no difference.
Les explains that once we enter the prison epistles and deeper church truths, the demarcation between Jew and Gentile is no longer in view. God is dealing with the whole human race on one level. Every saved person comes into the Body of Christ on the same level, whether Jew or Gentile, and the Jew has lost his identity as such for the church age. God’s purpose is the bringing together of Jew and Gentile into one Body, with no difference. A Jew must be saved today as a sinner, a fallen son of Adam, just like Gentiles. Some Messianic Jews turn away from this Pauline teaching, trying to return to a former place of privilege that is no longer there. In Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, there is no dividing between Jew and Gentile, and there is no reference to the Old Testament.