88 Bible Verses about Participation, In Christ

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Peter said to him, You shall never by any means wash my feet. He answered him, Unless I wash you you have no part with me.

God is faithful by whom you are called into the society of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit [with him].

for we have been made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of the confidence firm to the end.

but not as the fall so also is the gift; for if by the fall of one the many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace which is of the one man Jesus Christ, abounded to the many;

And the [subjects] of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its affections and desires.

and not as through one that sinned is the gift; for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the gift was from many sins to a righteous ordinance; for if by one fall death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ;??18 therefore, as through the fall of one [judgment came] on all men to condemnation, so also through the righteous ordinance of one [the gift comes] on all men to justification of life; for as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the one shall the many be constituted righteous.read more.
For the law supervened that the fall might abound; but where the sin abounded the grace was superabundant, that as sin reigned in death, so the grace shall reign through righteousness in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ also shall all be made alive.

in whom you are also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, with the putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of Christ,

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death? We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.

I am crucified with Christ; and I no longer live myself, but Christ lives in me; and the present life which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall much more be of his resurrection; knowing this that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin; for he that died was justified from sin.read more.
And if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

So, my brothers, you have also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you should be married to another, to him that was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead; and you being dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made you alive with him, having forgiven us all sins,

The saying is true, For if we died together we shall live together;

through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire,

For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may be a first-born among many brothers;

and as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

And we all with unvailed face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness, from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.

So that if any one is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

and put on the new man, renewed in knowledge in the likeness of him that created him,

For they for a few days corrected us as seemed good to them, but he for the best, that we may partake of his holiness.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And calling the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wishes to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

And he said to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

because as Christ's sufferings abound in us, so also through Christ does our comfort abound.

but as you partake of the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that you may also rejoice exulting at the revelation of his glory.

And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.

And the glory which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we are one,

and raised us up and seated us together with Christ Jesus in the heavenly worlds,

to which he called you by our gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

if we endure patiently we shall reign together; if we deny him he will deny us;

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation of the body of Christ? For we, being many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.

so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of another;

And you are a body of Christ, and members in particular.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither servant nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

to the church of God which is at Corinth, to the sanctified in Jesus Christ, called to be saints, with all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours.

by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in which you also are built up together for a spiritual habitation of God.

where there are not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, servant, freeman, but Christ is all things and in all.

by whom all the body being joined together and compacted by the supply of every joint, according to the proportionate operation of every part, makes increase of the body to the edification of itself in love.

continue in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it continues in the vine, so you cannot, unless you continue in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He that continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for separated from me, you can do nothing.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the root and excellence of the olive,

and not holding the head, from which all the body being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows with an increase of God.

And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise.

You are the children of the prophets, and of the promise which God promised to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And now I commend you to God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance with all the sanctified.

giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light,

for which cause, God wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, interposed with an oath,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [worlds] in Christ,

They have been pleased indeed, and their debtors they are; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also to serve them in things pertaining to the flesh.

as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you being all partakers of my grace.

For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

The elders among you I exhort, who am a co-elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed;

but those who are judged worthy to attain that life, and the resurrection of the dead, neither marry nor are married;

when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired by all that believe in that day, for our testimony was believed by you.

Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; on these the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and Christ, and reign with him a thousand years.

What then is [to be done] brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a revelation, has an interpretation; let all things be done for edification.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; and if one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.

Brothers, if a man is overtaken with any fault, do you that are spiritual restore such a one with a spirit of meekness, considering yourself; lest you also be tried. Bear one another's burdens, and so perform the law of Christ.

If therefore there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort in love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions, fulfil my joy, that you have the same mind, having the same love, sympathizing with each other, having one opinion. Do nothing in strife or vain glory, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself,read more.
and let each consider not his own interests, but also those of others.

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those in every affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God,

But you did well to communicate with my affliction,

Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but endure affliction with us in the gospel according to the power of God,

partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated. For you sympathized with those in bonds, and received with joy the plunder of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession, and one that endures.

I, John, your brother and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

AND the multitude that believed had one heart and one soul, and none said that anything of his possessions was his; but they had all things common.

with much entreaty they desired of us the favor of a participation in the service to the saints;

[they] glorifying God on account of the proof of this ministry for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ and the liberality of the contribution to them and to all,

to perform good works, to be rich in good works, to be liberal, benevolent,

And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

And being also co-laborers we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain,??2 for he says, In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you; behold, now is an acceptable time, behold, now is a day of salvation,??3 giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry may not be blamed,

for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day till now,

But I exhort you by the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God for me,

or does he speak entirely for our sakes? For our sakes, doubtless, it was written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and that he who threshes in hope should partake of it. If we have sown for you spiritual things, is it too much if we reap your earthly things? And if others have this right, do we not have it more? But we have not used this right, but endure all things, that we may not impede the gospel of Christ.read more.
Know you not that those who perform sacred rites eat from the temple? Those who wait on the altar partake of the altar?

We are embassadors therefore for Christ, as though God besought you by us; we pray you, for Christ, be reconciled to God.

but on the contrary seeing that I was intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, as Peter was of the circumcision,??8 for he that operated in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision, operated also in me for the gentiles,??9 and knowing the grace given me, James and Cephas and John, who were manifest pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcision;

And you know also, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I went out from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only; for even in Thessalonica and once and again you sent to my need.

You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons; you cannot partake at the Lord's table and the table of demons.

Know you not that your bodies are Christ's members? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them a harlot's members? by no means.

Let no man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience. Be not therefore partakers with them.

IF you, therefore, have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God; employ your minds on things above, not on things on the earth. For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God;read more.
when Christ your life shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in glory. Put to death, therefore, your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry,

that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

For if you have been cut from an olive wild by nature, and grafted contrary to nature into a good olive, how much more shall they according to nature be grafted into their own olive.

And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, promised before to Abraham, In you shall all the nations be blessed. Those of faith, therefore, are blessed with believing Abraham.

that the blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.