36 Bible Verses about Union With Christ, Nature Of

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and the church.

And the Word became flesh and tabernacled with us and we beheld his glory, a glory as of an only child with a father, full of grace and truth.

For what the law could not do because it was weak through the flesh, God having sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned the sin in the flesh,

For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.

but when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

but he abased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man, and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross.

And confessedly great is the mystery of piety; [Christ,] who was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen by angels, was preached to the nations, was believed on in the world, was received up into glory.

Since then the children have partaken of blood and flesh, he in like manner also partook of them, that through death he might destroy him that has the power of death, that is the devil, and liberate those who all their life were subjects of servitude to the fear of death. For indeed he helped not angels, but he helped the descendants of Abraham.read more.
Whence he ought in all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he has himself suffered, having been tried, he is able to help the tried.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become sons of God, to them that believe on his name,

This first miracle did Jesus perform at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

He that believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of him shall flow rivers of living water.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, and your house.

but God's righteousness is through the faith of Jesus Christ, in all and upon all that believe. For there is no difference;

THERE is no condemnation therefore to those in Christ Jesus;

For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with your mind that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the mind we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to salvation.

So that if any one is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we also have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may be justified by faith and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death? We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall much more be of his resurrection;

for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

And if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

in whom you are also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, with the putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;

And as they were eating Jesus took the bread, and having blessed, broke and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And taking the cup, and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

And as they eat he took the bread, and having blessed, broke and, gave to them, and said, Take, this is my body. And he took the cup, and having given thanks gave them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

And taking a cup, he gave thanks, and said, Take this and divide it among you; for I tell you that I will not drink of the product of the vine, till the kingdom of God has come. And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them, saying, This is my body given for you; this do in remembrance of me.read more.
And the cup in like manner, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood, which is poured out for you.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation of the body of Christ?

For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you; that on the night in which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread and giving thanks broke, and said, This is my body, which is for you; this do in remembrance of me. In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood; this do, as often as you drink, in remembrance of me.read more.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you declare the Lord's death till he comes. So that whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup; for he eats and drinks judgment to himself, who eats and drinks not discerning the body.

But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit [with him].

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away; and every branch that bears fruit he trims, that it may bear more fruit. You are now pure, by means of the word which I have spoken to you;read more.
continue in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it continues in the vine, so you cannot, unless you continue in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He that continues in me and I in him, this man bears much fruit; for separated from me, you can do nothing. If any one continues not in me he is cast without as a branch, and is withered; and they collect them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you continue in me, and my words continue in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be [given] you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and be my disciples.

And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word, that 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. And the glory which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we are one,read more.
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; and, righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou didst send me. And I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, as I also am in them.

But you are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if any man has not the spirit of Christ he is not his. But if Christ is in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the spirit is life on account of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised Christ from the dead shall make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you.

Know you not that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit in you which you have from God, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

I am crucified with Christ; and I no longer live myself, but Christ lives in me; and the present life which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

This is a great mystery; but I speak of Christ and the church.