What Does the Bible Say About Racism — Meaning Explained

Racism is fundamentally opposed to biblical teaching. All humans are created in God's image (Genesis 1:27), giving every person equal inherent dignity. Acts 17:26 declares, 'God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth.' There is no biblical basis for racial superiority. James 2:9 states, 'If ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin.' The early church struggled with Jewish-Gentile prejudice until God showed Peter, 'God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him' (Acts 10:34-35). Paul proclaimed, 'There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus' (Galatians 3:28). Heaven's vision is a 'great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues' (Revelation 7:9) worshipping together. The gospel dismantles every wall of ethnic hostility (Ephesians 2:14).