What Does the Bible Say About Union With Christ?

“My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.”

“I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.”

“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

“Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”

“He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.”

“At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.”

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.”

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing . without me: or, severed from me”

“If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”

“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”

“And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.”

“And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”

“Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.”

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? were: or, are were: or, are”

“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”

“For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:”

“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.”

“For he that is dead is freed from sin. freed: Gr. justified”

“Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:”

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:”

“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. may: Gr. shall”

“According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.”

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

“But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”

“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?”

“For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”

“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.”

“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. he is: or, let him be”

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

“I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.”

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,”

“Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.”

“And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;”

“In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:”

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,”

“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: speaking: or, being sincere”

“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part , maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”

“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”

“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”

“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.”

“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”

“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:”

“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”

“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;”

“And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. in: or, among all”

“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: in: or, among”

“Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”

“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:”

“Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, beguile: or, judge against you in a: Gr. being a voluntary in humility”

“And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.”

“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:”

“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. are: or, be ye”

“Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.”

“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”

“Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.”

“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.”

“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.”

“And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.”

“Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.”

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”

“Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.”