Who am I? The world's answers keep changing: performance, appearance, followers, career. The Bible gives a different answer, one that lasts—it begins with what God says about you. Here you'll find 20 Bible verses about your identity in Christ.
What God says about you
Assurances of who you are in Christ.
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See what great love the Father has shown us, that we should be called children of God!
1 John 3:1aGod as FatherGod's love
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To as many as he received he gave the right to become children of God, who believe in his name.
John 1:12God as FatherConversion
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For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17RebirthConversion
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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10YouthSelf-worth
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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9YouthSelf-worth
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Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine!
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Therefore, as God's chosen, holy, and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
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The same Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. And if we are children, we are also heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:16-17
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For he chose us before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; and he predestined us to be conformed to the image of his Son, according to the good pleasure of his will.
Ephesians 1:4-5
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I will say no more that you are servants; for a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have said to you that you are friends; for everything that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15:15Loneliness
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You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:14LightBaptismal verses
Living from your new identity
Those who know who they are live differently.
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But I live; yet no longer I live, but Christ lives in me. For whatever I now live in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:3
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But our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also await the Savior Jesus Christ, the Lord.
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They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 17:16Youth
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And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may discern what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
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And put on the new man, created in the likeness of God in righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:24Image of GodClothing
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Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
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Therefore, there is no longer a slave here, but rather free children; and if children, then also heirs of God through Christ.
Galatians 4:7Slavery
Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.
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What does "identity in Christ" mean?
Paul uses the phrase "in Christ" over a hundred times. By this, he means: Whoever believes in Jesus is so closely united with him that God sees them as he sees Jesus—loved, accepted, a child of God. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation" (2 Corinthians 5:17). This identity does not have to be earned and cannot be lost when one fails. It is a gift that makes self-worth independent of success and the opinions of others.
Who you are—according to the Bible
The Bible says many things about Christians that are good to write down on a slip of paper: You are God's child (John 1:12). You are his workmanship, created for good works (Ephesians 2:10). You are chosen, holy, and loved (Colossians 3:12). You are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood" (1 Peter 2:9). You are God's friend (John 15:15). And your citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20). You can find more verses under Bible verses about self-worth, Bible verses about the image of God, and Bible verses: God sees me.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does identity in Christ mean?
It means that Christians do not derive their worth and identity from performance or the opinions of others, but from who they are through Jesus: beloved children of God (1 John 3:1; 2 Corinthians 5:17).
Which Bible verse says who I am?
1 John 3:1, Isaiah 43:1, Ephesians 2:10, and 1 Peter 2:9 are particularly powerful.
