22 Bible Verses about Becoming More Like Christ

And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose.

But will any man say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool! what thou sowest is not quickened except it die: and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some of the other seeds:read more.
but God giveth it a body as he pleaseth, and to each of the seeds its peculiar body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, and another flesh of cattle, and another of fishes, and another of birds. Also there are celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and that of the terrestrial another. There is one glory of the sun; and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for star differeth from star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown an animal body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, There was a first man Adam a living soul; a last Adam a quickening spirit. But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is animal; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man was the Lord from heaven. As is the earthly, so are they also that are earthly: and as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not indeed all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For that which is corruptible must put on incorruption, and that which is mortal must put on immortality. So when that which is corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and that which is mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying which is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Wherefore if any person be in Christ, he is a new creation: the old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

No temptation hath overtaken you, but what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear up under it.

These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

He who saith that he abideth in him, ought as he walked, even so himself to walk.

I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

So also do ye account yourselves dead indeed to sin, but living unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

BE ye imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;

that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions; but be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and put on the new man, which is created godlike, in righteousness and true holiness.

BE ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an oblation and sacrifice to God, for an odour of a sweet smell.

I am enabled for all things by Christ who strengtheneth me.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be agitated, nor shrink back through fear.

Brethren, I count not myself to have overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the divine calling from on high in Christ Jesus.

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet evident what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is. And every one who hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. And we all with face unveiled, beholding the glory of the Lord [reflected] as in a mirror, according to the same image, receive a transformation from glory into glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown an animal body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body.

And it was about eight days after these discourses, that taking Peter, and John, and James, he went up into a mountain to pray. And it came to pass, as he was at prayer, that the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment white and refulgent. And, lo! two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elias:read more.
who appeared in glory, and mentioned his departure, which he was ready to accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they who were with him were weighed down with sleep: but when they awoke, they beheld his glory, and the two men who were standing with them.

And he was transformed before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light. And behold, there appeared to them, Moses and Elias talking with him.