Thematic Bible: Union with Christ
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Holiness » Is the result of » Union with Christ
I am asking on behalf of them. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you have given me, because they are yours,
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Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither [can] you, unless you remain in me.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in love
{I belong to my beloved}, {and he desires me}!
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{My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him}; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Body and members
Now you are the body of Christ, and members {of it individually},
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For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, [although they] are many, are one body, thus also Christ.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Exhorted to maintain
who, [when he] arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged [them] all to remain true to the Lord with {devoted hearts},
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Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither [can] you, unless you remain in me.
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firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Righteousness imputed
and may be found in him, not having my righteousness [which is] from the law, but [which is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,
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He made the one who did not know sin [to be] sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in mind
Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,
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"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » His word abiding in us
Everyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in the teaching--this person has both the Father and the Son.
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If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
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[As for] you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
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Union with Christ » As head of the church
and he subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to the church,
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But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in sufferings
if we endure, we will also reign with [him]; if we deny [him], he also will deny us;
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so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
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Union with Christ » Described as » Our being in Christ
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
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I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven,
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Union with Christ » Described as » Christ being in us
to whom God wanted to make known what [is] the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
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[that] Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Faith
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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[that] Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),
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Union with Christ » Saints » Identified with Christ by
And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'
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Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did not do [it] to one of the least of these, you did not do [it] to me.'
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in his death
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [life] I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}. For if we have become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, certainly also we will be [identified with him in the likeness] of [his] resurrection, read more.
knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin. For the one who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,
knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin. For the one who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,
Union with Christ » Includes union with the father
that they all may be one, just as you, Father, [are] in me and I [am] in you, that they also may be in us, in order that the world may believe that you sent me.
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[As for] you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Enjoy, in the lord's supper
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because [there is] one bread, [we] who [are] many are one body, for [we] all share from the one bread.
Union with Christ » Christ prayed that all saints might have
that they all may be one, just as you, Father, [are] in me and I [am] in you, that they also may be in us, in order that the world may believe that you sent me.
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I in them, and you in me, in order that they may be completed in one, so that the world may know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Foundation and building
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon [it]. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon [it]. For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Union with Christ » Maintained by » Abiding in him
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
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Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither [can] you, unless you remain in me.
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Vine and branches
"I am the vine; you [are] the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him--this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.
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"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Being created anew
Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; the old [things] have passed away; behold, new [things] have come.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in spirit
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit [with him].
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Union with Christ » False teachers have not
Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail [about] [the things] which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.
Union with Christ » Is of God
But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Husband and wife
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her; in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing [her] with the washing of water by the word; in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless. read more.
Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church, because we are members of his body. "For this [reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." (This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)
Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church, because we are members of his body. "For this [reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." (This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)
Union with Christ » Necessary to growth in grace
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.
Union with Christ » Saints » Are complete through
and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority,
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » The spirit alive to righteousness
But if Christ [is] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin, but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Confidence at his coming
And now, little children, remain in him, so that whenever he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Obeying him
And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he resides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us.
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Union with Christ » The gift of the holy ghost is an evidence of
By this we know that we reside in him and he in us: that he has given us of his Spirit.
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Union with Christ » Necessary to fruitfulness
Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither [can] you, unless you remain in me. "I am the vine; you [are] the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him--this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.
Union with Christ » The holy ghost witnesses
And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he resides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us.
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Union with Christ » Is indissoluble
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Freedom from dominion of sin
Everyone who resides in him does not sin. Everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Freedom from condemnation
Consequently, [there is] now no condemnation for those [who are] in Christ Jesus.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have assurance of
On that day you will know that I [am] in my Father, and you [are] in me, and I [am] in you.
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Union with Christ » They who have, ought to walk as he walked
The one who says [that he] resides in him ought also to walk just as that one walked.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Abundant fruitfulness
"I am the vine; you [are] the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him--this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Answers to prayer
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Feeding on him
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me and I in him.
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Union with Christ » Punishment of those who have not
If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and dries up, and they gather them and throw [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
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