Gentiles

Each Jewish synagogue tolerated a fringe of gentile believers, “devout” or “God-fearing” men, and it was among this fringe of proselytes that Paul made the bulk of his early converts to Christianity. Even the temple at Jerusalem possessed its ornate court of the gentiles. 121:2.5

In the Urantia Book

In Jesus times Gentile philosophies were: (121:4)

• * The Epicurean 121:4.2 | Epicureanism
• * The Stoic121:4.3 | Stoicism (religion)
• * The Cynic 121:4.4 | cynicism (attitude)
• * The Skeptic 121:4.5 | Skepticism (religion)

In Jesus times Gentile religions were: (121:5)

• * The pagan cults 121:5.3
• * Emperor worship 121:5.4 | emperor worship
• * Astrology 121:5.5 | astrology
• * The mystery religions 121:5.6 | mystery cults

Jews

• looked upon gentiles with contempt 121:7.1
• In Galilee the Jews mingled more freely with the gentiles than was their practice in Judea. 123:5.7
• The gentiles were, from a moral standpoint, somewhat inferior to the Jews, but there was present in the hearts of the nobler gentiles abundant soil of natural goodness and potential human affection 121:4.1
• Morality among the gentiles was not necessarily related to either philosophy or religion. Outside of Palestine it not always occurred to people that a priest of religion was supposed to lead a moral life. 121:5.17

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• “Devout” gentiles 121:2.5 — Acts 10:7; Acts 17:4,17.
• “God-fearing” gentiles 121:2.5 — Acts 10:2,22.
• First called “Christians” in Antioch 121:2.5 — Acts 11:26.
• Stoics “offspring of God” 121:4.3 — Acts 17:28-29.
• Learn to be content 121:4.3 — Phil 4:11.
• Can any good thing come from Nazareth? 123:5.7 — Jn 1:46.

Where it appears

Gentiles is linked in 59 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.

See also

• heathen

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