He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith — the principle of non-discrimination (diakrinō) is theological bedrock: God makes no distinction based on ethnicity or law-observance. The verb purified (katharizō) recalls Old Testament ceremonial language, now reinterpreted spiritually: faith purifies hearts, not water or blood sacrifice. This internalizes purity from external acts to inward orientation.

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