'In Christ' in the Bible

Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit --

so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys.

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.

But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away -- look, what is new has come!

In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people's trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.

But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female -- for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight -- the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ -- the things in heaven and the things on earth.

In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) -- when you believed in Christ -- you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

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

to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.

so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Give greetings to all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me here send greetings.

to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!

since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God's churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

and our Lord's grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus.

For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you.

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.