5 Bible verses about identity, each quoted word for word from the World English Bible, with a one-line note on where it sits in scripture.
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
A psalm reflecting on being known, in detail, before birth.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
Paul's summary of a longer argument about grace, right before this line.
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
From the creation account, on how humanity is described.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Paul writing about what changes, and what doesn't, in a person's identity.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Paul reflecting on his own sense of self after a dramatic change in direction.
How does an inner witness confirm something words alone cannot fully express?
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
How great is a love that redefines who we are entirely?
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
Scripture is quoted word for word from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.
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