39 Bible Verses about Union With Christ, Significance Of

"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Whoever receives one little child like this in my name receives me.

And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus:

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

But if Christ is in you, although your body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in youunless, indeed, you fail the test?

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner man,read more.
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

To them God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.read more.
When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two shall become one flesh." But he who unites himself with the Lord is one spirit with him.

always carrying about in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

and raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

he who says he abides in him ought to walk as he walked.

Now those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

But the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his sake alone, but for us also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered to death for our sins and was raised for our justification.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,read more.
to the praise of his glorious grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace which he lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of the times, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth. In him also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of his glory. In him, you also have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having also believed, you were sealed in him with the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance, until the redemption of those who are God's possessionto the praise of his glory.

Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

"As I made my journey and drew near to Damascus, about noon a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?' And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'

And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;read more.
if service, let us use it in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

And he put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

So husbands ought also to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of his body.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.