Thematic Bible: Union with Christ
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Holiness » Is the result of » Union with Christ
"I am making request for them: for the world I do not make any request, but for those whom Thou hast given me. Because they are Thine,
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Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in love
Union with Christ » Illustrated » Body and members
As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.
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For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Exhorted to maintain
On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
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Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.
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having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Righteousness imputed
not having a righteousness of my own, derived from the Law, but that which arises from faith in Christ--the righteousness which comes from God through faith.
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He has made Him who knew nothing of sin to be sin for us, in order that in Him we may become the righteousness of God.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in mind
Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
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For who has penetrated the mind of the Lord, and will instruct Him? But *we* have the mind of Christ.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » His word abiding in us
No one has God, who instead of remaining true to the teaching of Christ, presses on in advance: but he who remains true to that teaching has both the Father and the Son.
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"If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.
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As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.
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Union with Christ » As head of the church
God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
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But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ. Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in sufferings
"If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us;
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I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died;
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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 so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One--that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages.
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I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking)
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Union with Christ » Described as » Christ being in us
to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'
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I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Faith
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me; and the life which I now live in the body I live through faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up to death on my behalf.
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I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,
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Union with Christ » Saints » Identified with Christ by
"But the King will answer them, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'
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"But he will reply, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in his death
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me; and the life which I now live in the body I live through faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up to death on my behalf.
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And do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Well, then, we by our baptism were buried with Him in death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Father's glorious power, we also should live an entirely new life. For since we have become one with Him by sharing in His death, we shall also be one with Him by sharing in His resurrection. read more.
This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin; for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin. But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;
This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin; for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin. But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;
Union with Christ » Includes union with the father
that they may all be one, even as Thou art in me, O Father, and I am in Thee; that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.
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As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Enjoy, in the lord's supper
The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ? Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; we, all of us, share in that one loaf.
Union with Christ » Christ prayed that all saints might have
that they may all be one, even as Thou art in me, O Father, and I am in Thee; that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.
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I in them and Thou in me; that they may stand perfected in one; that the world may come to understand that Thou didst send me and hast loved them with the same love as that with which Thou hast loved me.
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Foundation and building
In discharge of the task which God graciously entrusted to me, I--like a competent master-builder--have laid a foundation, and others are building upon it. But let every one be careful how and what he builds. For no one can lay any other foundation in addition to that which is already laid, namely Jesus Christ.
Union with Christ » Maintained by » Abiding in him
"If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.
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Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Vine and branches
I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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"I am the Vine--the True Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Being created anew
So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in spirit
But he who is in union with the Master is one with Him in spirit.
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Union with Christ » False teachers have not
Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts. Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.
Union with Christ » Is of God
But you--and it is all God's doing--are in Christ Jesus: He has become for us a wisdom which is from God, consisting of righteousness and sanctification and deliverance;
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Union with Christ » Illustrated » Husband and wife
Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her; in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word, that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished. read more.
So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself. For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church; because we are, as it were, parts of His Body. "For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one." That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.
So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself. For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church; because we are, as it were, parts of His Body. "For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one." That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.
Union with Christ » Necessary to growth in grace
But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ. Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.
Union with Christ » Saints » Are complete through
and He is the Lord of all princes and rulers.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » The spirit alive to righteousness
But if Christ is in you, though your body must die because of sin, yet your spirit has Life because of righteousness.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Confidence at his coming
And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Obeying him
The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can know that He continues in union with us.
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Union with Christ » The gift of the holy ghost is an evidence of
We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.
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Union with Christ » Necessary to fruitfulness
Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Union with Christ » The holy ghost witnesses
The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can know that He continues in union with us.
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Union with Christ » Is indissoluble
Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Freedom from dominion of sin
No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Freedom from condemnation
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;
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Union with Christ » Saints » Have assurance of
At that time you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me, and that I am in you.
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Union with Christ » They who have, ought to walk as he walked
The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Abundant fruitfulness
I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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Union with Christ » Beneficial results of » Answers to prayer
"If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.
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Union with Christ » Maintained by » Feeding on him
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me, and I remain in union with him.
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Union with Christ » Punishment of those who have not
If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.
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