Thematic Bible: Union with Christ
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Holiness » Is the result of » Union with Christ
I intercede for them; I am not interceding for the world, but for those whom thou has given me, for they are thy own--
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Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in love
Union with Christ » Illustrated » Body and members
Together you are the Body of Christ, and individually its parts.
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For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;
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Union with Christ » Saints » Exhorted to maintain
On coming there he saw to his great joy these tokens of the loving-kindness of God, and encouraged them all to make up their minds to be faithful to the Lord--
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Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.
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Rooted in him, building up your characters through union with him, growing stronger through your faith, as you were taught, overflowing with faith and thanksgiving.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Righteousness imputed
Any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from Law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ--the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.
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Him who never knew sin God made to be Sin, on our behalf; so that we, through union with him, might become the Righteousness of God.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in mind
Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also.
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For 'who has so comprehended the mind of the Lord as to be able to instruct him?' We, however, have the very mind of Christ.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » His word abiding in us
Every one who goes beyond the limits of the Teaching of the Christ has failed to find God; the man who keeps to that Teaching--he has found both the Father and the Son.
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If you remain united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be yours.
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As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.
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Union with Christ » As head of the church
And God placed 'all things under Christ's feet,' and gave him to the Church as its supreme Head;
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But holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head--Christ himself. For from him the whole Body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigor of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in sufferings
If we continue to endure, we shall also share his throne. If we should ever disown him, he, too, will disown us.
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Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,
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Union with Christ » Described as » Our being in Christ
We realize, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the True God; and we are in union with the True God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the True God and he is Immortal Life.
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I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago-- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows-- was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third Heaven.
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Union with Christ » Described as » Christ being in us
To whom it was his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden Truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles--'Christ among you! Your Hope of glory!'
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So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Faith
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,
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Union with Christ » Saints » Identified with Christ by
And the King will reply 'I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.'
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And then he will reply 'I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however lowly, you failed to do it to me.'
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in his death
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death? Consequently, through sharing his death in our baptism, we were buried with him; that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by a manifestation of the Father's power, so we also may live a new Life. If we have become united with him by the act symbolic of his death, surely we shall also become united with him by the act symbolic of his resurrection. read more.
We recognize the truth that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the body, the stronghold of Sin, might be rendered powerless, so that we should no longer be slaves to Sin. For the man who has so died has been pronounced righteous and released from Sin. And our belief is, that, as we have shared Christ's Death, we shall also share his Life.
We recognize the truth that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the body, the stronghold of Sin, might be rendered powerless, so that we should no longer be slaves to Sin. For the man who has so died has been pronounced righteous and released from Sin. And our belief is, that, as we have shared Christ's Death, we shall also share his Life.
Union with Christ » Includes union with the father
That they all may be one--that as thou, Father, art in union with us--and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger.
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As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Enjoy, in the lord's supper
In the Cup of Blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the Bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the Body of the Christ? The Bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one Bread.
Union with Christ » Christ prayed that all saints might have
That they all may be one--that as thou, Father, art in union with us--and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger.
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I in union with them and thou with me--that so they may be perfected in their union, and thus the world may know that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger, and that thou has loved them as thou hast loved me.
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Foundation and building
In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds; For no man can lay any other foundation than the one already laid-Jesus Christ.
Union with Christ » Maintained by » Abiding in him
If you remain united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be yours.
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Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Vine and branches
I am the Vine, you are the branches. He that remains united to me, while I remain united to him--he bears fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.
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I am the True Vine, and my Father is the Vine-grower.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Being created anew
Therefore, if any one is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in spirit
While a man who is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit?
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Union with Christ » False teachers have not
Do not let any one defraud you of the reality by affecting delight in so-called 'humility' and angel-worship. Such a man busies himself with his visions, and without reason is rendered conceited by his merely human intellect. He fails to maintain union with the Head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and Keynesian of every part, grows with a divine growth.
Union with Christ » Is of God
But you, by your union with Christ Jesus, belong to God; and Christ, by God's will, became not only our Wisdom, but also our Righteousness, Holiness, and Deliverance,
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Husband and wife
Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her, To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise; So that he might himself bring the Church, in all her beauty, into his own presence, with no spot or wrinkle or blemish of any kind, but that she might be holy and faultless. read more.
That is how husbands ought to love their wives--as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself; For no one ever yet hated his own body. But every one feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the Church; For we are members of his Body. 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.' In this there is a profound truth--I am speaking of Christ and his Church.
That is how husbands ought to love their wives--as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself; For no one ever yet hated his own body. But every one feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the Church; For we are members of his Body. 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.' In this there is a profound truth--I am speaking of Christ and his Church.
Union with Christ » Necessary to growth in grace
But holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head--Christ himself. For from him the whole Body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigor of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.
Union with Christ » Saints » Are complete through
And, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the Head of all Archangels and Powers of Heaven.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » The spirit alive to righteousness
But, if Christ is within you, then, though the body is dead as a consequence of sin, the spirit is Life as a consequence of righteousness.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Confidence at his coming
Yes, my Children, maintain your union with Christ, so that, whenever he appears, our confidence may not fail us, and we may not be ashamed to meet him at his coming.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Obeying him
And he who lays his commands to heart maintains union with Christ, and Christ with him. And by this we know that Christ maintains union with us--by our possession of the Spirit which he gave us.
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Union with Christ » The gift of the holy ghost is an evidence of
We know that we remain in union with him, and he with us, by this--by his having given us some measure of his Spirit.
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Union with Christ » Necessary to fruitfulness
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. He that remains united to me, while I remain united to him--he bears fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.
Union with Christ » The holy ghost witnesses
And he who lays his commands to heart maintains union with Christ, and Christ with him. And by this we know that Christ maintains union with us--by our possession of the Spirit which he gave us.
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Union with Christ » Is indissoluble
Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Freedom from dominion of sin
No one who maintains union with him lives in sin; no one who lives in sin has ever really seen him or learned to know him.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Freedom from condemnation
There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have assurance of
At that time you will recognize that I am in union with the Father, and you with me, and I with you.
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Union with Christ » They who have, ought to walk as he walked
He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Abundant fruitfulness
I am the Vine, you are the branches. He that remains united to me, while I remain united to him--he bears fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Answers to prayer
If you remain united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be yours.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Feeding on him
He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to him.
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Union with Christ » Punishment of those who have not
If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.
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