Your Identity In Christ

Here is a list of Gospel Identity Scriptures to help remind us of who we are in Jesus.

The Word of God Says in Jesus Christ…

I am faithful (Ephesians 1:1)

I am God’s child (John 1:12)

I have been justified (Romans 5:1)

I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15)

I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:20)

I am a member of Christ’s Body (1 Corinthians 12:27)

I am assured all things work together for good (Romans 8:28)

I have been established, anointed and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)

I am confident that God will perfect the work He has begun in me (Philippians 1:6)

I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)

I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)

I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7)

I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)

I am blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3)

I am chosen before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4, 11)

I am holy and blameless (Ephesians 1:4)

I am adopted as his child (Ephesians 1:5)

I am given God’s glorious grace lavishly and without restriction (Ephesians 1:5,8)

I am in Him (Ephesians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:30)

I have redemption (Ephesians 1:8)

I am forgiven (Ephesians 1:8; Colossians 1:14)

I have purpose (Ephesians 1:9 & 3:11)

I have hope (Ephesians 1:12)

I am included (Ephesians 1:13)

I am sealed with the promised Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13)

I am a saint (Ephesians 1:18)

I am salt and light of the earth (Matthew 5:13-14)

I have been chosen and God desires me to bear fruit (John 15:1,5)

I am a personal witness of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:8)

I am God’s coworker (2 Corinthians 6:1)

I am a minister of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:17-20)

I am alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5)

I am raised up with Christ (Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:12)

I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 2:6)

I have been shown the incomparable riches of God’s grace (Ephesians 2:7)

God has expressed His kindness to me (Ephesians 2:7)

I am God’s workmanship (Ephesians 2:10)

I have been brought near to God through Christ’s blood (Ephesians 2:13)

I have peace (Ephesians 2:14)

I have access to the Father (Ephesians 2:18)

I am a member of God’s household (Ephesians 2:19)

I am secure (Ephesians 2:20)

I am a holy temple (Ephesians 2:21; 1 Corinthians 6:19)

I am a dwelling for the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:22)

I share in the promise of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 3:6)

God’s power works through me (Ephesians 3:7)

I can approach God with freedom and confidence (Ephesians 3:12)

I know there is a purpose for my sufferings (Ephesians 3:13)

I can grasp how wide, long, high and deep Christ’s love is (Ephesians 3:18)

I am completed by God (Ephesians 3:19)

I can bring glory to God (Ephesians 3:21)

I have been called (Ephesians 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:9)

I can be humble, gentle, patient and lovingly tolerant of others (Ephesians 4:2)

I can mature spiritually (Ephesians 4:15)

I can be certain of God’s truths and the lifestyle which He has called me to (Ephesians 4:17)

I can have a new attitude and a new lifestyle (Ephesians 4:21-32)

I can be kind and compassionate to others (Ephesians 4:32)

I can forgive others (Ephesians 4:32)

I am a light to others, and can exhibit goodness, righteousness and truth (Ephesians 5:8-9)

I can understand what God’s will is (Ephesians 5:17)

I can give thanks for everything (Ephesians 5:20)

I don’t have to always have my own agenda (Ephesians 5:21)

I can honor God through marriage (Ephesians 5:22-33)

I can parent my children with composure (Ephesians 6:4)

I can be strong (Ephesians 6:10)

I have God’s power (Ephesians 6:10)

I can stand firm in the day of evil (Ephesians 6:13)

I am dead to sin (Romans 1:12)

I am not alone (Hebrews 13:5)

I am growing (Colossians 2:7)

I am His disciple (John 13:15)

I am prayed for by Jesus Christ (John 17:20-23)

I am united with other believers (John 17:20-23)

I am not in want (Philippians 4:19)

I possess the mind of Christ (I Corinthians 2:16)

I am promised eternal life (John 6:47)

I am promised a full life (John 10:10)

I am victorious (I John 5:4)

My heart and mind is protected with God’s peace (Philippians 4:7)

I am chosen and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12)

I am blameless (I Corinthians 1:8)

I am set free (Romans 8:2; John 8:32)

I am crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:20)

I am a light in the world (Matthew 5:14)

I am more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37)

I am the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21)

I am safe (I John 5:18)

I am part of God’s kingdom (Revelation 1:6)

I am healed from sin (I Peter 2:24)

I am no longer condemned (Romans 8:1, 2)

I am not helpless (Philippians 4:13)

I am overcoming (I John 4:4)

I am persevering (Philippians 3:14)

I am protected (John 10:28)

I am born again (I Peter 1:23)

I am a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)

I am delivered (Colossians 1:13)

I am redeemed from the curse of the Law (Galatians 3:13)

I am qualified to share in His inheritance (Colossians 1:12)

I am victorious (1 Corinthians 15:57)

Scripture Verses about Our Identity in Christ

What Happened to Me?

Rom. 5:1 I have been justified (completely forgiven and made righteous).

Rom. 6:1-6 I died with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule on my life.

Rom. 8:1 I am free forever from condemnation.

1 Cor. 1:30 I have been put into Christ by God’s doing.

1 Cor. 2:12 I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God.

1 Cor. 2:16 I have been given the mind of Christ.

1 Cor. 6:19, 20 I have been bought with a price.  I am not my own.  I belong to God.

2 Cor. 1:21 I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God in Christ.

2 Cor. 5:14, 15 Since I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Him (Christ).

2 Cor. 5:21 I have been made righteous.

Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.  (The life I am living is Christ’s life.)

Eph. 1:3 I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing.

Eph. 1:4 I have been chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blame before Him.

Eph. 1:5 I was predestined (determined by God) to be adopted as a son.

Eph. 1:7, 8 I have been redeemed, forgiven, and am a recipient of His lavish grace, Eph. 1:13, 14 and have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge (a deposit/down payment) guaranteeing my inheritance to come.

Eph. 2:5 I have been made alive together with Christ.

Eph. 2:6 I have been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven.

Eph. 2:18 I have direct access to God through the Spirit.

Eph. 3:12 I may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence.

Col. 1:13 I have been delivered (rescued) from the domain of darkness (Satan’s rule) and transferred to the kingdom of Christ.

Col. 1:14 I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins (the debt against me has been cancelled).  (see Col. 2:13, 14)

Col. 1:27 Christ Himself is in me.

Col. 2:7 I have been firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built up in Him.

Col. 2:11 I have been spiritually circumcised (my old, unregenerate nature has been removed).

Col. 2:10 I have been made complete in Christ.

Col. 2:12, 13 I have been buried, raised, and made alive with Christ.

Col. 3:1-4 I have been raised up with Christ.  I died with Christ.  My life is now hidden with Christ in God.  Christ is now my life.

2 Tim. 1:7 I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline.

2 Tim. 1:9 I have been saved and called (set apart) according to God’s doing.

Titus 3:5

Heb. 2:11 Because I am sanctified and am one with the Sanctifier (Christ), He is not ashamed to call me brother.

Heb. 4:16 I have a right to come boldly before the throne of God (the throne of grace) to find mercy and find grace in time of need.

2 Pet. 1:4 I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I am a partaker of the divine nature (God’s nature).

Who Am I?

Matt. 5:13 I am the salt of the earth.

Matt. 5:14 I am the light of the world.

John 1:12 I am a child of God (part of His family).  (see Rom. 8:16)

John 15:1, 5 I am part of the true vine, a branch of His (Jesus’) life.

John 15:15 I am Jesus’ friend.

John 15:16 I am chosen and appointed by Jesus to bear His fruit.

Acts 1:8 I am a personal witness of Christ for Christ.

Rom. 6:18 I am a slave of righteousness.

Rom. 6:22 I am enslaved to God.

Rom. 8:14, 15 I am a son of God.  (God is my “daddy” so to speak) (see Gal. 3:26, 4:6)

Rom. 8:17 I am a joint-heir with Christ sharing His inheritance with Him.

1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19 I am a temple (home) of God.  His Spirit dwells in me.

1 Cor. 6:17 I am joined to the Lord and am one spirit with Him.

1 Cor. 12:27 I am a member of Christ’s body.  (see Eph. 5:30)

2 Cor. 5:17 I am a new creation (new person).

2 Cor. 5:18, 19 I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation.

Gal. 3:26, 28 I am a son of God and one in Christ.

Gal. 4:6, 7 I am an heir of God since I am a son of God.

Eph. 1:1 I am a saint.  (see 1 Cor. 1:2; Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:2)

Eph. 2:10 I am God’s workmanship (handiwork) created in Christ to do the work He planned beforehand that I should do.

Eph. 2:19 I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s people in His family.

Eph. 3:1 / 4:1 I am a prisoner of Christ.

Eph. 4:24 I am righteous and holy.

Phil. 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven and seated in heaven right now (see Eph. 2:6)

Col. 3:3 I am hidden with Christ in God.

Col. 3:4 I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life.

Col. 3:12 I am chosen of God, holy, and dearly loved.

1 Thes. 1:4 I am chosen and dearly loved by God.

1 Thes. 5:5 I am son of light and not of darkness.

Heb. 3:1 I am a holy brother, partaker of a heavenly calling.

Heb. 3:14 I am a partaker of Christ … I share in His life.

1 Pet. 2:5 I am one of God’s living stones and am being built up (in Christ) as a spiritual house.

1 Pet. 2:9, 10 I am a part of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession to proclaim His excellencies.

1 Pet. 2:11 I am an alien and stranger to this world that I temporarily live in.

1 Pet. 5:8 I am an enemy of the devil.

1 John 3:1, 2 I am now a child of God.  I will resemble Christ when He returns.

1 John 5:18 I am born of God; the evil one (the devil) can’t touch me.

Psalm 23 & 100 I am a sheep of His pasture.  Therefore, I have everything I need.