Isaiah 49:12

49:12 Look, they come from far away!

Look, some come from the north and west,

and others from the land of Sinim! ¹ 

Galatians 3:28

3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave ²  nor free, there is neither male nor female ³  – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:11

3:11 Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave ⁴  or free, but Christ is all and in all.

¹ tc The MT reads “Sinim” here; the Dead Sea Scrolls read “Syene,” a location in Egypt associated with modern Aswan. A number of recent translations adopt this reading: “Syene” (NAB, NRSV); “Aswan” (NIV); “Egypt” (NLT).

² tn See the note on the word “slave” in 1:10.

³ tn Grk “male and female.”

⁴ tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.