Bible Verses About Identity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for identity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 17,097 votes, led by Genesis 1:27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Identity
Genesis 1:27985 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
2 Corinthians 5:17774 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
1 Peter 2:9718 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Galatians 2:20613 votes
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.
Jeremiah 1:5589 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ephesians 2:10580 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
John 1:12398 votes
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Jeremiah 29:11396 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
1 Corinthians 12:27389 votes
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
John 15:15372 votes
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20339 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 John 3:1-3302 votes
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Ephesians 4:22-24268 votes
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Colossians 3:1-4258 votes
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Romans 8:14-15247 votes
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
John 15:5246 votes
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.
Psalms 139:14229 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Galatians 3:27-29220 votes
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Colossians 3:3218 votes
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
1 John 3:1-2208 votes
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Isaiah 43:1201 votes
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Philippians 3:20201 votes
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Luke 9:23-27194 votes
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Genesis 2:7185 votes
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Ephesians 1:4176 votes
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
What does the Bible say about identity?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:27 on the subject of identity. Across 17,097 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Peter 2:9, Galatians 2:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.