Here are 14 Bible verses about our identity in Christ from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Colossians 2:9-10 KJV
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Colossians 3:1-3 KJV
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Ephesians 1:5 KJV
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Genesis 1:27 KJV
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Jeremiah 1:5 KJV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Galatians 3:27-28 KJV
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
John 1:12 KJV
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 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.
Romans 6:6 KJV
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Romans 15:7 KJV
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
1 Peter 2:9 KJV
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Corinthians 12:27 KJV
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 John 3:1-2 KJV
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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