be in Christ

The whole certainty of the gospel does not lie in our belief, or in following certain precepts. All the safety and power of the gospel lies in God's effecting it "in Christ." This is what we should choose as a firm foundation for our own confidence. We may learn to see ourselves as God sees us, namely “in Christ.

Bible translation "Luther 2017"

«Remain in me and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself if it does not remain on the vine, so neither can you if you do not abide by me »(John 15,4).

“Behold, the hour is coming, and has already come, when you will be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the father is with me. I have spoken this to you so that you may have peace in me. In the world you are afraid; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (John 16,32-33).

"As you, Father, are in me and I in you, so they should also be in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. And I gave them the glory that you gave me, that they might be one as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they might be perfectly one, and that the world might know that you sent me and love her as you love me" (John 17,21-23).

«For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6,23).

"But if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his spirit that dwells in you" (Romans 8,11).

"For I am certain that neither death nor life, neither angels nor powers nor rulers, neither present nor future, neither high nor deep, nor any other creature can separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" ( Romans 8,38-39).

“For as we have many members in one body, but not all members have the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, but are members of one another” (Romans 12,4-5).

"But through him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom for us through God, and righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, so that as it is written, 'Let the one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.'" (1. Corinthians 1,30).

"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?" (1. Corinthians 6,19).

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old has passed, behold, the new has become »(2. Corinthians 5,17).

"For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become in him the righteousness that is before God" (2. Corinthians 5,21).

“Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the taskmaster. For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3,25-26).

“Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heaven through Christ. For in him he chose us, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love" (Ephesians 1,3-4).

"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace" (Ephesians 1,7).

"For we are his work, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2,10).

"But be kind and kind to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ" (Ephesians 4,32).

"As you have now accepted the Lord Christ Jesus, so also live in him, rooted and founded in him and firm in the faith, as you have been taught, and full of gratitude" (Colossians 2,6-7).

«If you have now been raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Seek what is above, not what is on earth. For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ your life is revealed, you will also be revealed with him in glory »(Colossians 3,1-4).

"He saved us and called us with a holy call, not according to our works, but according to his counsel and according to the grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus before the time of the world" (2. Timothy 1,9).

“But we know that the Son of God came and gave us understanding, so that we might know the truthful one. And we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life" (1. John 5,20).