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9 Bible Verses About Identity in Christ (KJV)

The world tells you your worth is your performance or your past. God tells you something truer: who you are in Christ. Here is what the Bible says about your identity.

What the Bible says about identity in Christ

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.”
1 Peter 2:9
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Psalm 139:14
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.”
1 John 3:1
“Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.”
Isaiah 43:1
“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:”
John 1:12

Receiving Christ brings the astonishing right to be called a child of God.

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20

The believer's true self is now defined by the Christ who lives in and through him.

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10

We are God's own handiwork, made in Christ for a purpose he prepared beforehand.

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:”
Romans 8:16

The Holy Spirit himself assures us inwardly that we belong to God as his children.

In Christ you are new, chosen, wonderfully made, a child of God, and His own. Let that, not your failures, define you.

How these verses point to Christ

Who you are is settled by who Christ is and what he did. Apart from him we are lost, but "in Christ" everything changes: adopted, forgiven, made new. "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God" (1 John 3:1). Your identity is not earned by performance but received by grace, secured in the risen Son who loved you and gave himself for you.

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What does the Bible say about my identity?
In Christ you are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17), chosen and royal (1 Peter 2:9), wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14), and a beloved child of God (1 John 3:1).
How does God see me?
As His own, redeemed and called by name (Isaiah 43:1), made new and dearly loved, not defined by your past.
What is my identity in Christ?
Chosen, forgiven, a new creation, a child of God, and an heir with Christ, secure in His love.
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