Identity in Christ


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‭Romans 3:24 NLT‬
Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

‭Romans 8:1 NLT‬
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.

‭Romans 8:2 NLT‬
And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.


‭1 Corinthians 1:2 NLT
I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

‭1 Corinthians 1:30 NLT‬
God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.

‭1 Corinthians 15:22 NLT‬
Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.


‭2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT‬
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

‭2 Corinthians 5:21 NLT‬
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.


‭Galatians 3:28 NLT‬
There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.


‭Ephesians 1:3 NLT‬
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

‭Ephesians 1:4 NLT‬
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

‭Ephesians 1:5-6 NLT‬
God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

‭Ephesians 1:7 NLT‬
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.

‭Ephesians 1:10-11 NLT‬
And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

‭Ephesians 1:13 NLT‬
And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.

‭Ephesians 2:6 NLT‬
For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.

‭Ephesians 2:10 NLT‬
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

‭Ephesians 2:13 NLT‬
But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.

‭Ephesians 3:6 NLT‬
And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.

‭Ephesians 3:12 NLT‬
Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.

‭Ephesians 5:29-30 NLT‬
No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. 30 And we are members of his body.


‭Colossians 2:10 NLT‬
So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

‭Colossians 2:11 NLT‬
When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature.


‭2 Timothy 2:10 NLT‬
So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.


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