When societal norms often define us, it’s crucial to anchor our identity in something eternal. The Bible offers profound insights into who we truly are as God’s beloved children. This collection of 115 Bible verses on identity explores Scriptures that reveal our worth and purpose. 

Identity in Christ

• 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
• Galatians 2:20 – “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
• Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
• Romans 8:1 – “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,”
• Colossians 3:3 – “For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”
• 1 Corinthians 6:17 – “But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.”
• 1 Peter 2:9 – “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
• Philippians 3:20 – “But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,”
• Romans 6:6 – “For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—”
• 1 John 3:1 – “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”

Identity as God’s Children

• John 1:12 – “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—”
• Romans 8:16 – “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”
• Galatians 3:26 – “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,”
• 1 John 3:2 – “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”
• Galatians 4:7 – “So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.”
• Romans 8:17 – “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
• 1 John 5:19 – “We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.”
• Ephesians 1:5 – “He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—”
• 2 Corinthians 6:18 – “And, ‘I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.'”
• Hebrews 12:6 – “Because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”

Identity in God’s Image

• Genesis 1:27 – “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
• Ephesians 4:24 – “And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
• Colossians 3:10 – “And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”
• Genesis 9:6 – “Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.”
• James 3:9 – “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.”
• 1 Corinthians 11:7 – “A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.”
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 – “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
• Romans 8:29 – “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.”
• Psalm 139:14 – “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
• Ephesians 2:22 – “And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.”

Identity in the Body of Christ

• 1 Corinthians 12:27 – “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.”
• Romans 12:5 – “So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”
• Ephesians 1:23 – “Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.”
• Colossians 1:18 – “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:12 – “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.”
• Ephesians 4:12 – “To equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.”
• Ephesians 5:30 – “For we are members of his body.”
• Colossians 3:15 – “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
• Romans 12:4 – “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,”
• 1 Corinthians 10:17 – “Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.”

Identity in Faith

• Hebrews 11:1 – “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”
• James 1:6 – “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”
• Romans 10:17 – “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:7 – “For we live by faith, not by sight.”
• Mark 11:22 – “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.”
• Hebrews 11:6 – “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
• Galatians 2:16 – “Know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.”
• Romans 5:1 – “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,”
• 1 Peter 1:9 – “For you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”

Identity in Forgiveness

• 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
• Ephesians 1:7 – “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace”
• Colossians 1:14 – “In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
• Acts 13:38 – “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”
• Matthew 6:14 – “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
• Psalm 103:12 – “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
• Isaiah 1:18 – “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
• Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
• Micah 7:18 – “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.”
• Colossians 3:13 – “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

Identity in God’s Love

• Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
• 1 John 4:16 – “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
• Ephesians 3:17-19 – “So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
• John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
• Romans 8:38-39 – “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
• 1 John 4:9-10 – “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
• Ephesians 2:4-5 – “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
• 1 John 3:16 – “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”
• John 15:9 – “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.”
• Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

Identity in Sanctification

• 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 – “It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable,”
• 1 Corinthians 1:30 – “It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.”
• Hebrews 10:10 – “And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
• Romans 6:22 – “But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.”
• 1 Peter 1:2 – “Who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.”
• 1 Corinthians 6:11 – “And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”
• Ephesians 5:26 – “To make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23 – “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
• John 17:17 – “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”
• Hebrews 13:12 – “And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.”

Identity in Grace

• Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 – “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
• Romans 3:24 – “And all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
• Titus 2:11 – “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.”
• 1 Peter 4:10 – “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
• 2 Timothy 2:1 – “You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:10 – “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.”
• Romans 5:20 – “The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,”
• Colossians 4:6 – “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
• John 1:16 – “Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.”

Identity in Freedom

• Galatians 5:1 – “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
• John 8:36 – “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
• 2 Corinthians 3:17 – “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
• Romans 6:18 – “You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.”
• 1 Peter 2:16 – “Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.”
• Galatians 5:13 – “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
• Romans 8:21 – “That the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.”
• James 1:25 – “But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.”
• Psalm 119:45 – “I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.”
• Isaiah 61:1 – “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,”

Identity in Purpose

• Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
• Romans 8:28 – “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
• Proverbs 19:21 – “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
• Philippians 2:13 – “For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
• Psalm 138:8 – “The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.”
• 2 Timothy 1:9 – “He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,”
• Isaiah 46:10 – “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’”
• Ecclesiastes 3:1 – “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:”
• Acts 13:36 – “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.”

Identity in Suffering

• Romans 5:3-4 – “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
• 1 Peter 5:10 – “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:5 – “For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”
• Philippians 1:29 – “For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,”
• James 1:2-3 – “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
• 2 Timothy 3:12 – “In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,”
• 1 Peter 4:13 – “But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.”
• Romans 8:18 – “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

Identity in Spiritual Gifts

• 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 – “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”
• Romans 12:6 – “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;”
• Ephesians 4:11-12 – “So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up”
• 1 Corinthians 12:7 – “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.”

Conclusion

As you reflect on these 115 Bible verses on identity, may you find strength and assurance in the truths of God’s Word. Embrace your unique, divine identity with confidence, knowing you are wonderfully made and deeply loved. Let these Scriptures guide you in understanding your worth and purpose in God’s grand design!