兩年舉行一次的華人聖經學者會議對其與會成員的資格做了兩項規定：與會成員必須擁有聖經研究的博士學位並且族裔上必須是華人。第二項對於族裔的規定違反了加拉太書3:28所鼓吹的社會團體間的平等或平等主義。當我們援引漢廷頓的《文明的衝突》來考究華人聖經學者會議的工作背景，對於加拉太書3:28的檢視讓我們理解：保羅在加拉太教會主張「眾人在基督實時裡同歸於一」的原則，而這個原則對於華人聖經學者會議深具意義，它要求對於作為成員資格要求的族裔規定重新進行評估。因為這個規定不僅不符合保羅的名言，而且也未能反映全球化時代中多元性被認可的現實，所以保羅的名言鞭策華人聖經學者會議，容許保羅「在基瞥裡合而為一」的原則作為和平的基礎，假設聖經學者必須尋求世界和平。

The bi-annual congress of ethnic Chinese biblical scholars has two criteria for membership and attendance, namely, holding a doctorate in biblical studies and being an ethnic Chinese. The second criterion of ethnicity flies in the face of Galatians 3:28 which advocates equality or egalitarianism between social groups. Drawing on Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilisations, and against the backdrop of the work of the SECBS, a close examination of Galatians 3:28 yields the understanding that Paul is arguing for the principle of ”all are one in Christ” in the Galatian church, and this principle has implications for the SECBS, calling for a re-evaluation of the criterion of ethnicity as a requirement for membership. For this criterion not only fails to measure up to the Pauline dictum, but also does not reflect the reality of the globalised age in which plurality is acknowledged. The Pauline dictum thus challenges the SECBS to allow the Pauline principle of ”oneness in Christ” to serve as the foundation for peace, if biblical scholars were to pursue peace in the world.