Bible Verses About Who We Are
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for who we are, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,121 votes, led by Ephesians 2:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Who We Are
Ephesians 2:10196 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Genesis 1:27193 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1 Peter 2:9192 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:
1 John 3:1-2175 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.
1 Corinthians 3:16148 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
2 Corinthians 5:17129 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Romans 8:3793 votes
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Psalms 139:13-1476 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Genesis 1:26-2775 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Galatians 3:2673 votes
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Romans 5:870 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:768 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Romans 8:167 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Matthew 5:1466 votes
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
John 3:1665 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Jeremiah 29:1160 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.
2 Peter 1:2-456 votes
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Colossians 2:1054 votes
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
2 Timothy 1:754 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
John 15:553 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.
John 15:1553 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.
2 Corinthians 5:2153 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 6:1952 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?
Philippians 3:2050 votes
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
John 1:1245 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:
What does the Bible say about who we are?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 2:10 on the subject of who we are. Across 4,121 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:27, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 John 3:1-2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.