If Gentile means one who do not beleive in God, then why do most consider Christians to be Gentiles?

Question

This has puzzled me for some time.

Answer 1

That is a good question. here i found something. i hope this helps.

You know that God had to choose the second Israelites, the Christians,
when the first ones couldn't fulfill God's will. From the viewpoint of
the first Israelites, all people, including the Christians, are
considered Gentiles. But God chose the Christians, a Gentile people,
as the second Israelites when the first ones couldn't fulfill their
mission. What would happen if the second Israelites couldn't fulfill
their mission? God would look for the third Israelites. From the point
of view of the second Israelites, the third Israelites would be
Gentiles. When Jesus appeared, the first Israelites thought that his
followers were all heretics. At the time of the Second Advent, the
second Israelites would think that the people following the second
Messiah were heretics too.
ood question.

Answer 2

I don't understand why you've gotten so many thumbs down to this question. You don't seem to be attacking anyone, just misunderstanding the term "gentile". That's no reason to get a two-to-one thumbs down ratio.

Gentile is a Jewish term and it means anyone who isn't Jewish, which includes but is not limited to people who don't believe in God. I'm Wiccan, therefore I'm a Gentile, because I'm not Jewish. I also happen to not believe in the Abrahamic God. However, Christians are also not Jewish, and are therefore Gentiles, though by definition they do believe in God and Christ.

Hope that clears it up for you.

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Answer 3

Gentiles were anything except Jew....not necessarily non believers...since in the bible there were gentile believers..Acts 10:45
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost...

Jesus came to the jews first...but he came for all men...God gave the jews blindness so we also could offered salvation...why? because He is a just God...and so through the blood of Jesus..there is no longer Jew or gentile
Romans 3:29
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
1 Corinthians 12 :13..
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Galatians 3:28..
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.

Jesus made us to be common...no difference..God bless

Answer 4

No wonder you're puzzled, you've got some bad information!

Gentile means one who is not Jewish. Jews & Gentiles both believe in God.

Answer 5

Gentiles are simply folks who are not Jews. A gentile may believe in God or not believe.
A Christian may be a Jew or a Gentile. A Jew that practices Christianity is still a Jew...not a gentile.

Answer 6

Gentile means one who is not a Jew.
all non-Jews are Gentiles.

Answer 7

Where did you get the idea that Gentiles do not believe in G-d? Here is the definition of Gentiles.


1a. A word used especially by Jews: a person who is not Jewish;
1b.A word used especially by Mormons: a person who is not Mormon.

Answer 8

Gentile means anyone that is not Jewish.

Most, but not all, Christians are Gentiles, but not all Gentiles are Christian.

Those that are Jewish are called either a 'Messianic Jew' or a 'completed Jew'.

grace2u

Answer 9

There are only two groups of men in the Bible. Jews and Gentiles. Gentiles are not Jews and Jews are not Gentiles. The gospel of Jesus Christ is extended to the whole world. "For God so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son. That whomsoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16. The gospel extends to not only the Jews but also the Gentiles therefore encompassing the whole world. To receive the gospel you must repent of your sins and trust Jesus to save you.

Answer 10

Gentile means not Jewish in the simplist of terms.

The word evolved over time in usage, even in the new testament.

I believe Paul used it to differientate between Jews and Non-jewish believers. Probably as a way to irk the non-believing Jews and to make a point, God has no favorites.

The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon

Strong's Number: 1482 Browse Lexicon
Original Word Word Origin
eqnikoß from (1484)
Transliterated Word TDNT Entry
Ethnikos 2:372,201
Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech
eth-nee-kos' Noun Masculine

Definition
adapted to the genius or customs of a people, peculiar to a people, national
suited to the manners or language of foreigners, strange, foreign
in the NT savouring of the nature of pagans, alien to the worship of the true God, heathenish
of the pagan, the Gentile